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Breaking News Israel Continues Terror Tunnel Search Amid Hamas Threats and Border Violence
Israel’s military said it had discovered a cross-border tunnel on Thursday built by the Islamist group Hamas from the Gaza Strip during a rare flare-up of violence along a border that has been largely quiet since a 2014 war. Gaza hospital officials said a 54-year-old woman had been killed and a man wounded by fragments…
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Breaking News Hamas Terror Tunnel From Gaza Is Uncovered
Israel’s military said it had discovered on Thursday a cross-border tunnel built by the Islamist Hamas group from the Gaza Strip, a day after a rare flare-up of violence along the frontier. The military said Wednesday’s violence, in which Hamas militants fired mortar bombs at Israeli forces, may have been an attempt by the Islamist…
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Breaking News Injured Palestinian Dies After Jerusalem Bus Blast — Hamas Says He Was Bomber
JERUSALEM — Hamas said that a man who succumbed to wounds suffered in Monday’s bus bombing in Jerusalem was the terrorist who placed a bomb in the vehicle. On Wednesday, the terrorist group claimed in a statement that the bomber was a 19-year-old Palestinian from the al-Ayda refugee camp outside of Bethlehem, reported. His name…
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Breaking News Hamas Says It Has 2 Israeli Captive and Remains of 2 Others
(JTA) — Hamas said for the first time that it is holding two Israeli men and the remains of two Israeli soldiers. The Islamist group’s military wing released a televised statement Friday through official Hamas media, . The statement said the group is demanding Israeli concessions in exchange for information about the condition of the “four…
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Breaking News Twitter Suspends Hamas Military Wing’s Account
The Arabic Twitter account for Hamas’ military wing was closed down, two weeks after its English account was suspended. The social media pages were used to disseminate news about the terrorist group’s military activities and to encourage attacks against Israeli civilians. Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ military wing, said its Arabic Twitter account was closed…
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Breaking News Netanyahu Says Hamas Must Prevent Firing of Rockets From Gaza To Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Hamas must prevent the firing of rockets from Gaza on Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asserted. Netanyahu’s remarks on Sunday morning at the weekly Cabinet meeting came after four rockets were fired on southern Israel on Friday night. The rockets landed in open areas, causing no injuries. “Our policy regarding the…
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Breaking News Israelis Near Gaza Fear Hamas is Tunneling Beneath Them
PRI GAN, Israel – Nissim Hakmon and his neighbors say they hear banging and clattering at night. They are convinced it can only mean one thing: Hamas is tunneling under their homes from Gaza and will one day emerge, guns blazing, to attack or kidnap them. The Israeli government says its investigations have not come…
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Breaking News Hamas Boasts its ‘Heroes’ Are Digging New Tunnels To Attack Israel
Palestinian “heroes” are digging tunnels to be used in future attacks on Israel, Hamas’ senior political leader said. At a funeral in Gaza City Friday for seven Hamas operatives killed when rain and flooding caused a tunnel they were working on to collapse, Ismail Haniyeh said preparations are underway for the next confrontation with Israel,…
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