Investigators are trying to determine if the prime suspect in a series of bomb attacks in New York and New Jersey over the weekend had been radicalized during trips to Afghanistan and Pakistan, and whether his attack was directed by ISIS or another terrorist group, CBS reported Tuesday. Ahmad Khan Rahami had visited Afghanistan, the country from...

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A Palestinian teenager who attempted to stab an Israeli soldier near Hebron was shot and killed Tuesday, marking the fifth consecutive day that there has been a terror attack or attempt, The Times of Israel reported. The dead assailant was identified by Palestinian health officials as 16-year-old Issa Salem Tarayrah....

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A Hamas militant issued a thinly-veiled threat against Americans after the State Department officially designated a Hamas leader as being an international terrorist, The Jerusalem Post reported on Sunday. The State Department’s designated Fathi Hammad as an international terrorist on Friday, saying that he used his position as a former interior minister “to coordinate...

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After several Israelis were wounded in series of Palestinian terrorist attacks on Friday, the Palestinian Authority condemned the killings of two assailants by Israeli security forces, calling them “a crime.” In the first of four incidents, a Jordanian man attempted to stab an Israeli Border Police office near Damascus Gate in Jerusalem. The man...

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The international charity World Vision has suspended its operations in the Gaza Strip after the director of its branch in the Palestinian territory was charged with funneling millions of dollars in aid to Hamas, Reuters reported on Friday. Israel froze World Vision’s accounts in Jerusalem following last month’s arrest of Mohammad el-Halabi, who is accused of diverting 60 percent...

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A rocket launched from Syria struck the Israeli Golan Heights on Monday night, the Israeli military said. No injuries were reported. Earlier today a projectile launched from Syria, hit the northern #Israeli Golan Heights. No injuries have been reported. #Syriaceasefire — Peter Lerner (@LTCPeterLerner) September 12, 2016 On Saturday, the...

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Israel has started constructing an underground barrier along its border with the Gaza Strip to block the Islamist terrorist group Hamas from tunneling into its territory, The Times of Israel reported on Wednesday. Israel’s Defense Ministry in July approved a budget of NIS 2 billion or $530 million to build the concrete barrier...

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A raid by Israeli security forces on a home near Nablus in the northern West Bank on Monday yielded over 200 pounds of bomb-making materials, the Israeli military said. Overnight, forces near Nablus found 100+ kg of materials used to make explosives. 4 homemade bombs were also found, near Hebron...

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Israeli leaders commemorated the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks on Sunday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered words of support during his weekly cabinet meeting. “Today we mark 15 years since the terrorist attacks on 9/11,” he said. “We remember the victims. We embrace their loved ones. We...

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Fatah, the political party led by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, has nominated a man who murdered six Israelis to run for the Hebron City Council in (now-delayed) local elections, the watchdog group Palestinian Media Watch reported Thursday. “The number 2 candidate on the Fatah Movement list in the Hebron City...

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