A recent poll by Pew Research finds that Americans fault Hamas for the current violence in the Middle East by a margin of more than 2 to 1. The Washington Free Beacon reported today on the results of that poll: More than twice as many Americans blame Hamas for the...

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 –...

Today was the twenty-first day of Operation Protective Edge and the tenth day of ground operations in Gaza. Staff Sgt. Moshe Davino, 20, from Jerusalem, was killed today in combat in the southern Gaza Strip. May his memory be blessed. — IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) July 28, 2014 A soldier identified as...

The Telegraph reported on Saturday that Hamas is seeking to replenish its supply of weapons from North Korea. Defense editor Con Coughlin reported that Hamas has reportedly already made a down payment to the North Koreans. “Hamas is looking for ways to replenish its stocks of missiles because of the large...

The Turkish Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH), a group behind the Mavi Marmara incident and has recently been the subject of anti-terror investigations, has announced that it is planning a second flotilla in efforts to undermine Israeli security in the Gaza Strip. Bulent Yildirim, director of the IHH, announced the plans for “Freedom Flotilla II” on Thursday, in only...

Accompanied by Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon and IDF Chief of Staff Gen. Benny Gantz, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the campaign against Hamas will continue. Haaretz reports: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that Israel is prepared for a prolonged operation in Gaza, with striking its tunnels as the first...

The Jerusalem Post is reporting that four people were killed when a mortar shell hit a group of Israelis in the Eshkol region bordering Gaza. At least four people were killed and several others seriously wounded in a mortar attack in the Eshkol Regional Council, next to the Gaza border,...

The Wall Street Journal reported today (via Google) that the inability of John Kerry to arrange a ceasefire by engaging Qatar and Turkey despite “Israel, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia caution[ing] Mr. Kerry against relying” on the two allies of Hamas, reveals a rift between the United States and many of its...

The Times of Israel reported yesterday that the Palestinian Authority is furious with Secretary of State John Kerry’s recent diplomatic maneuverings. The Times reported: Palestinian sources told the London-based A-Sharq Al-Awsat that Kerry had initially agreed to an Egyptian proposal for an immediate ceasefire followed by five days of negotiations...

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...