Over the course of Operation Protective Edge, the Israel Defense Forces have uncovered dozens of tunnels dug towards Israeli kibbutzim along the Gaza border. Hamas said that the purpose of these tunnels is to abduct Israelis. There have already been several attempts by Hamas terrorists to infiltrate the kibbutzim –...

Hamas will not voluntarily demilitarize the Gaza Strip, according to former Israel Defense Forces head of intelligence Maj.-Gen. (ret.) Amos Yadlin.  As a result, Israel must do it for them, he told a July 27 conference call organized by The Israel Project. “Until they will be beaten hardly they will...

Thousands of Palestinians in several locations in the West Bank and Jerusalem took part in violent protests over the weekend. The largest protest took place at the Qalandia checkpoint between Ramallah and Jerusalem.  The protests started Thursday night with the main disturbances in Nablus, Jenin, Hebron, Bethlehem, Tulkarem and the...

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said yesterday that he believes there is only one solution for the “problem” that is Israel: “Israel’s annihilation is the only real cure, but that doesn’t mean destroying Jews in this region,” he said in his speech, which was posted on his website [Persian...

The Times of Israel reported today that the IDF has targeted sections of the Al-Wafa rehabilitation hospital, “explaining that the medical facility was being used as a Hamas command center and utilized repeatedly by Islamist gunmen to launch attacks on Israeli forces.” In a statement the IDF explained that “the...

A mortar shell fired from Gaza landed on a hothouse killing a farm worker from Thailand July 23. The man was rushed to Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon by helicopter but he succumbed to his wounds and died within an hour. Yair Farjoun, the head of the Ashkelon Regional Council,...