Terrorism

Arab media this weekend, especially in Egypt, claim Hamas was involved in the recent attack in the Sinai Peninsula that led to the deaths of more than 30 Egyptian soldiers. On Friday, October 24, a group of armed men launched a complex assault on a checkpoint in Sinai, which involved...

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A Palestinian terrorist on Wednesday killed a three month old baby and injured at least 8 other Israelis, plowing into them with a car while they were waiting at a light rail station in Jerusalem. Jerusalem Post reporter Ben Hartman conveyed statements from the murdered baby’s grandfather describing the attack in more...

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Hamas has released a statement praising the October 22 terror attack in Jerusalem, which caused the death of three-month old Haya Zissel Braun.  A Hamas spokesman said the attack, carried out by one of its members, is a natural response to Israeli policy in Jerusalem and the city’s Aqsa Mosque. Eight people were...

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Heavy artillery shells, automatic gunfire and the shouts of Syrian combatants were heard on the Israeli Golan Heights yesterday and today as the civil war raged on just yards across the frontier – clearly visible to Israeli onlookers. The Syrian army launched Operation Earthquake of Quneitra aimed at regaining control of two...

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Following recent Hezbollah losses in the Syrian arena and near the Lebanese-Syrian border, there are reports of tensions and divisions inside the organization. The Saudi newspaper al-Youm reported (Arabic link) today that some of the organization’s combatants are threatening to neither fight for the organization nor return to their bases....

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On Thursday, senior Hamas official Moussa Abu Marzook announced that the group was poised to resume indirect ceasefire negotiations with Israel at the end of October. Marzook noted that while talks would likely touch on the topic of conducting a prisoner exchange for the remains of Israeli soldiers, it is...

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