Ynet, Friday, profiled Raed al-Attar, one of the Hamas commanders killed by Israel Wednesday night. Al-Attar, who had been considered a favorite to succeed Mohammed Deif head of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, had a twenty year career in terror. In 1994 he took part in an ambush that killed...

Today was the forty seventh day of Operation Protective Edge. An estimated 200 rockets were fired by Hamas and other terrorist groups into Israel on Saturday largely targeting southern Israel. Hamas shoots missiles at Israel for years and Israel finally retaliates and the media says Israel is "Targeting innocent bystanders"...

Today was the forty sixth day of Operation Protective Edge. On average, since Hamas broke the latest ceasefire there has been a rocket fired at Israel from Gaza every 10 minutes. — IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) August 22, 2014 The Tower today covered the appeal of Shurat Hadin – Israel Law Center...

UPDATE: Since this report was published, it has emerged that the civilian shelter or school from next to which the mortar was fired was most likely run by Hamas, rather than UNRWA. The original version, which appears below, had at time of publication been confirmed by multiple and independent sources. The...

Researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have discovered the deepest cave in Israel, reaching a depth of 187 meters below ground. Located near Israel’s border with Lebanon, the cave is 30 meters deeper than the previous record-holder on Mount Meron, which was mapped 30 years ago, at 157 meters. “This...

A second consecutive night of Israeli air strikes against top Gaza Strip terrorists eliminated what the Jerusalem Post described as “three of Hamas’s most important military commanders.” The assassination of three of Hamas’s most important military commanders in an Israeli air strike is the worst and most painful blow dealt to...

A four-year-old boy in Nahal Oz, a town on the Gaza border, was killed by Hamas mortar fire today. Since morning hours, 30 rockets fired at southern Israel http://t.co/SUnURIIxhe #IsraelUnderAttack #IsraelUnderFire — QassamCount (@QassamCount) August 22, 2014 The Jerusalem Post reports: Medical officials in southern Israel announced the death of...

Hamas members executed seven men leaving a mosque in Gaza today, according to reports. The Times of Israel wrote: Masked Hamas gunmen on Friday afternoon killed seven suspected informants for Israel near a Gaza City mosque as worshipers were ending midday prayers, bringing the total number of alleged collaborators killed in the...

The Jerusalem Post reported today that an Israeli NGO, Shurat HaDin—Israel Law Center, has appealed to United States Attorney General Eric Holder to extradite Saleh al-Arouri, who directs Hamas’ operations in the West Bank  from Turkey, for his role in the kidnapping and killing of Naftali Fraenkel, an American citizen. Turkey’s...

The tourism industry may have taken a hit this summer with persistent rocket attacks from Gaza but David Fattal, CEO of the 32-strong Fattal hotel chain, says he’s going ahead with plans to open the new Ashdod Leonardo because he believes in Israel as a top travel destination. In a...