Palestinian Affairs

A 20-year-old Palestinian indicted Thursday on terror-related charges told Israeli authorities that the leader of Hamas in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, paid his relatives to falsely tell the media that his baby cousin died of tear gas inhalation during the Hamas-orchestrated border riots. The Times of Israel reported that Mahmoud Omar...

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A major Hamas terror cell, which was based in the West Bank city of Nablus and was planning bombing attacks in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, was broken up in April, the Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security agency, announced Sunday. The cell was reported to be experienced in various terrorist activities,...

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A Gazan was killed as he attempted to breach the border fence with Israel, as Gazans continue to send fire kites and other incendiary devices across the border, The Times of Israel reported Monday. A group of five Gazans attempted to penetrate the border with Israel. At the time of...

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Following a threat Thursday by Hamas that it would launch 5,000 fire kites into Israel to mark the end of Ramadan, Israeli Police found and detonated an incendiary balloon that landed in Israel, The Times of Israel reported Friday. Photographs show that the balloon was marked with the message “I...

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The IDF destroyed an underwater Hamas attack tunnel earlier this month, The Times of Israel reported Sunday. Israel struck at numerous Hamas targets on June 3 associated with Hamas’s elite naval forces. At the time the IDF said that it had struck “a military compound belonging to the naval force...

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Fires started by Hamas-led rioters flying kite carrying fire bombs have consumed nearly 17,500 dunams — 7 square miles — of land and caused an estimated $1.4 million worth of damage to fields and forests in southern Israel, The Times of Israel reported Monday. For several weeks rioters have been attaching...

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