Secretary of State John Kerry told BBC on Tuesday that any moves to “open crossings and get food in and reconstruct and have greater freedom” in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip must be coupled “with a greater responsibility towards Israel, which means giving up rockets.” Jerusalem and the Palestinian terror group...

Recent videos show a stark contrast between the values embraced by Hamas and those embraced by Israel. A video published last week by Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) shows Hamas leader Mohammed Deif promoting death as a value favored by Hamas. PMW recorded Deif’s statement, “”Today you [Israelis] are fighting divine...

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...

The Times of Israel reported Tuesday on a new initiative from Israeli ultra-Orthodox Jews to volunteer for the IDF. Yossef, a 40-year-old father of six from Jerusalem who serves as the initiative’s publicity coordinator, told The Times of Israel that the online campaign has garnered 500 volunteers since the ad...

As the most severe Ebola epidemic on record spreads through central Africa, infecting and killing hundreds of citizens and foreign aid workers, and raising the specter of outbreaks all over the world, an Israeli research team is working with survivors to develop antibodies against the lethal virus. Dr. Leslie Lobel...

The thirtieth day of Operation Protective Edge has concluded. The Tower today covered the discovery by the IDF of a Hamas combat training manual that showed how the terrorist organization uses the IDF’s care in avoiding civilian casualties to its advantage. #Hamas rockets have been discovered at @UNRWA facilities –...

The Jerusalem bureau chief of The New York Times, Jodi Rudoren, reported on a recent analysis of the known Palestinian fatalities in Gaza during Operation Protective Edge. According to their analasys based on Palestinian Health Ministry figures, only 34 percent of fatalities comprised women, underage children, and the elderly. Of...

In interview yesterday, New York Times photographer Tyler Hicks confirmed many of the charges Israel has made about the way that Hamas uses human shields to fight against Israel and how its terrorists blend in with the civilian population. After stating that his previous experience (during Operation Pillar of Defense)...

Senior Iranian officials including a top aide to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday boasted that Tehran had supplied Hamas with military aid to use against Israel. The comments, conveyed by the officials on Arabic-language television, are the latest in a series of provocative comments from Iranian officials, who...

Two mainstream foreign news networks uploaded videos yesterday showing that Hamas fired rockets into Israel near reporters from civilian areas. In one case the launch site is within eyesight of a United Nations facility. France 24 correspondent Gallagher Fenwick was startled last week by a rocket launched only meters away from...