Two rounds of attacks on the Kerem Shalom crossing Sunday saw rockets and mortars exploded in the goods loading area, forcing Israel to close the border and temporarily halt the flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza. An Israeli Defense Ministry statement said: Footage from security cameras showed several shells hitting the ground, exploding with...

The terrorist group Hamas has executed dozens of workers responsible for its tunnel system in the past few weeks, according to a report in the Israeli news site Mako (Hebrew link), and expanded upon by the Times of Israel. The tunnelers, many of whom constructed the tunnels over the course of months, would...

Hamas published a statement on its military website threatening to kill thousands of Israelis and damage Israel’s economy unless their demands were met. The statement mentioned no compromise for an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire, but said Hamas wanted to expand the fighting to a ”war of liberation.” Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said: There...

Yesterday The Jerusalem Post interviewed Christian Stephen of the Freelance Society, an organization that specializes in covering war zones. When asked about the intimidation he faced as a reporter, Stephen responded: A fighter inside Gaza City threatened to shoot me in the head if I didn’t stop taking pictures of...

The Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) reported Wednesday on the plight of Archbishop Alexios, the “most prominent” Christian clergyman in Gaza. [Alexios’] decision to open his church to 2,000 Muslims escaping the war surprised many of Gaza’s residents. … Alexios and the estimated 1,500 Arab Christians who live in the Gaza Strip...

Reuters reported today that Israel has accepted an extension of the current 72-hour ceasefire, now in middle of its third day, but Hamas has refused any extension, threatening to renew hostilities as soon as the ceasefire expires. According to Reuters: An Israeli official said late on Wednesday that Israel “has expressed...