The third day of Operation Protective Edge was marked by rockets and sirens in nearly all major Israeli cities, including Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and Beersheba. In the last 3 days, more than 384 rockets fired from #Gaza struck Israel; an additional 88 rockets were intercepted by the Iron Dome — IDF...

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Today, the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (JCPA) provided an analysis describing “how characteristics of the recent escalation is a clear proof that Iran and the terrorist organizations took advantage of periods of calm” to build arsenals capable of reaching most of Israel. JCPA senior analyst and retired IDF Lt. Col....

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Ynet reported today that Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations made a point today at the Security Council – by playing a recording of a 15 second Israeli air raid siren. The United Nations Security Council convened Thursday for a special session, at the request of the Arab delegates, to...

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The Times of Israel reported Thursday that terror groups affiliated with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah movment have joined Hamas and other Islamist groups in firing rockets into Israel. Palestinian Affairs correspondent Elhanan Miller of the Times writes: The Nidal Al-Amody force of Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades claimed responsibility for...

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A Wall Street Journal editorial published Tuesday called attention to what the outlet described as Iran’s critical “role in fueling Middle East terror,” a dynamic that the Journal read alongside an ongoing Israeli campaign – Operation Protective Edge – to halt weeks of escalatory rocket and missile fire from the...

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Hamas on Wednesday claimed credit for a rocket barrage targeting Israel’s nuclear reactor in the city of Dimona, issuing a statement boasting that the terror group’s fighters had attempted to hit the reactor with long-range M75 rockets: Hamas claimed responsibility for the rockets, stating that it had been attempting to hit...

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In a TV interview, a Hamas spokesman called on Gaza residents to act as human shields. The terror organization also urged Palestinians to ignore Israel Defense Forces warnings of impending aerial strikes. These are just the latest examples in a string of flagrant breaches of international law as reported by The...

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With the media spotlight focused on Hamas rockets from Gaza falling on Israeli cities and Israel’s military response, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was preparing late yesterday to sign a request to join the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will convene the Palestinian leadership at 3:30 P.M....

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As the second day of Operation Protective Edge was winding down yesterday, the biggest news was that M-302 rockets, similar to the ones smuggled by Iran to Gaza in the past, struck Zichron Yaakov, just south of Haifa. An M-302 also hit the northern city of Hadera yesterday. Hamas also reportedly aimed rockets towards...

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The Obama administration on Tuesday issued a range of statements firmly and repeatedly expressing support for an Israeli campaign aimed at halting weeks of escalating rocket fire from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, hours after Jerusalem announced that it had launched a series of air strikes as part of what the...

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