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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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Breaking News Israel Jets Hit Hamas Target After Rocket Attack From Gaza
A rocket fired from Gaza landed in southern Israel and IDF fighter jets reportedly responded with an attack on Hamas targets inside the Palestinian-controlled coastal strip. The rocket fired at Israel landed in an open area and there were no injuries, officials said. A military spokesman told Haaretz a Hamas target — Israel considers any…
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Breaking News IDF Air Strike in Gaza Kills Palestinian Terrorist — Israel
GAZA – An Israeli aircraft attacked a group of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday who the military said planned to detonate a bomb at the border with Israel, and a Palestinian militant faction said one of its men was killed. Local residents in the Hamas Islamist-run enclave said the incident occurred on a…
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Breaking News Hamas Terror Cell Planned To Kidnap, Murder Israelis
A Hamas terror cell whose members were from Jerusalem and Hebron planned to kidnap and murder Israelis, the Shin Bet security service said. The cell of six people was uncovered and arrested last month, the Shin Bet announced on Thursday. The Hamas operatives had planned to use the bodies of their kidnapped Israeli victims as…
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Breaking News Moscow Won’t Put Hamas and Hezbollah on Terror List, Top Russian Says
The fighting in Syria will not affect Russia’s decision to keep Hamas and Hezbollah off its list of terrorist organizations, a senior Kremlin official said. Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov told the Interfax news agency last week that while his country concurs with the United States’ definition of some organizations that are operating in Syria…
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Breaking News Hamas Claims Responsibility for Car-Ramming Terror Attack
Hamas claimed responsibility for a car-ramming attack in Jerusalem that injured 14, saying the Palestinian driver was a member. Among those injured in Monday’s attack at the western entrance to the city was an 18-month-old boy, who reportedly had a leg amputated that night. Abed el-Muhsen Hassuna, 21, formerly of eastern Jerusalem, was living in…
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Breaking News IDF Strikes Hamas Targets After Gaza Rocket Attack
Israel’s Air Force struck two Hamas military posts in Gaza in retaliation for a rocket fired from the coastal strip at southern Israel. The rocket fired from Gaza on Sunday night, which caused sirens to sound in several southern Israeli communities, landed in an open area, causing no injuries, according to the Israel Defense Forces….
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Breaking News Family of Slain Israeli Soldier Pleads With Hamas for Answers
The family of Oron Shaul, the Israeli soldier who was killed during the 2014 Gaza war, called on Hamas to present evidence that their son, who has been declared dead, is still alive as Hamas claims. Shaul’s parents held a news conference on Sunday at their home in Poria Illit in the wake of the…
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