Hamas claims that even providing information about the bodies of the dead IDF soldier they are holding hostage is too much to give.
The latest temporary cease-fire with Gaza is set to expire on Wednesday at midnight.
Exiled Jordanian Palestinian writer & activist Mudar Zahran tweets his hope for a 'global partnership against Hamas' and support for Israel.
Turkey is evacuating wounded Gazans to Ankara hospitals, in cooperation with Israel and Egypt.
The terrorist was located inside Gaza, in yet another tunnel.
12:12pm Channel 2 reports rocket impact in Central Israel, in open area. There are additional reports of a second rocket strike in an open area in Central Israel. By the way, there may be a cease fire in place now. 12:05am Hamas claims responsibility for an M75 rocket launch at Tel Aviv and Grad missiles […]
11:48pm Be'er Sheva 11:45 Rocket Alert Ashdod.. Ashkelon...Shafir... Kiryat..Malachi 11:44pm Ashdod, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Ashkelon 11:26pm Eshkol x2 10:55pm Eshkol 9:59pm Ashdod 8:12pm Sdot Negev, Shaar Negev 7:55pm Ashkelon Coast 7:47pm Rocket Alert Sha'ar HaNegev 7:11pm Ashkelon Coast 7:05pm Multiple Rocket Alerts Sdot Negev...Netivot 7:05pm Ashkelon, Kfar Maimon, Gaza border communities - all Multiples. 6:43pm Ashkelon […]
The plan is to make the average Gazan's life miserable and blame it on Israel.
By Shalom Bear
This one to begin at midnight, preceded by the expected rocket barrage.
7:14pm Home Front Command has announced - no changes in current instructions: IDF Home Command Instruction 0-40 KM from Gaza – No group gatherings of more than 500 people in open or closed areas. Stay within running distance of bomb shelter. 0 – 80 KM from Gaza – Open all bomb shelters.
Egyptian TV reported, and French sources confirmed that yet another cease fire was in the works for tonight.
“Oh the games people play now/…Never meaning what they say now/Never saying what they mean” – “Games People Play” by Joe South.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Zeidan stated he supports Hamas, even as the missiles landed on his areas, [h]e cannot remain silent, even if [Hamas] missiles land on our heads.
The Israel Air Force struck 20 terror sites in Gaza since midnight Saturday and into Sunday morning, according to the IDF.
8:00am The IDF has shut the Kerem Shalom-Gaza border checkpoint this morning as a result of a mortar attack on the location. No humanitarian delivery trucks going into Gaza today... Kibbutz Nachal Oz near Gaza recommends to residents to not to return to the kibbutz due to the security situation.
Israel declared the war was over before it is over.
Following the Israeli negotiators' decision to not continue to negotiate with Hamas while Israel is under fire, Islamic Jihad spokesperson, Daoud Shihab, said that Islamic Jihad will ensure that life won't return to normal for Israel's Gaza border communities until Israel complies with Hamas's demands, according to a Galei Tzahal report.
Police cancelled the permit for a left wing protest in Tel Aviv, following concern of rocket attacks from Gaza.
Sirens went off a dozen times from the beginning of Shabbat, as Hamas launched rockets and mortars at Israel. A rocket his a central bus station, and 2 rockets also hit inside a kibbutz, and no red alert went off in that attack. In response, Israel struck over 30 terror sites in Gaza on Saturday. […]
The Gaza war continues militarily, diplomatically and hasbaradically.
Three Gaza terrorists were critically injured in a targeted Israeli air strike on a home in Jabalya.
7:03pm Wrote too soon. Code Red for Be'er Sheva and surrounds, Ashkelon, Segev Shalom, Rahat, Lahat, Tidhar and all seven of the major recognized Bedouin towns in southern Israel. This should be an interesting Sabbath. 7:01pm Quiet so far ... Shabbat begins soon. Hoping for the best. 5:36pm Eshkol 4:58pm Ashkelon Coast 3:58pm Apartment building […]
Dr. Nachmi Paz, 71, director of Sapir College in Sderot, was wounded Friday in a rocket barrage launched by terrorists in Gaza.
Residents of the south are infuriated with senior IDF and government officials for saying that it was safe to go back to their homes in the south of Israel.
Updated instructions now that Gaza rocket fire has begun again.
As Hamas rains down rockets on Israel, they added they will continue to negotiate.
Hamas fires rockets into Israel three hours before the ceasefire was scheduled to end.
Hamas is playing its usual game. Best bet is no ceasefire and a couple of mortar attacks on the Gaza Belt.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
As the cease fire deadline approaches, Hamas is threatening to reignite the further destruction of Gaza...
Israel more or less won the battle against Hamas, but has a poor of history of fighting the enemy known as “peace talks.”
“The Holy One, blessed be He, hates a person which says one thing with his mouth and another in his heart” (Talmud - Pesachim 113b)
8:17pm Initial analysis is that this was another false alarm. (Channel 2 TV) Awaiting further update... Alert went off in 10 communities in the Sdot Negev regions (that's one heck of a false alarm). There was a rocket alert earlier this afternoon, but the army said it was also a false alarm. 8:10pm A siren […]
By Rachel Levy
With cease fire talks barely in place, the Israel Electric Company already began repairing the power grid for Gaza residents.
Association for Civil Rights in Israel leads charge to accuse IDF of 'war crimes'; no call for Palestinian groups to investigate Hamas.
Hamas says could consider extending current ceasefire to longer-term truce, but says no chance terror group will disarm
The EU "warmly" welcomed the announcement of the 72 hour cease fire deal with Gaza.
By Rachel Levy
A victim of Palestinian Arab use of human shields courageously appeared on US national television to defend IDF actions in Gaza.
By Rachel Levy
The government tells Israeli southerners it's safe to go home; but the cease fire is set to end in two days. Then what happens?
The NDTV team caught on camera Hamas terrorists assembling a rocket next to their hotel, and then launching it. Can you say Human Shield?
By Rachel Levy
The Shejaiyya Brigade combat manual discusses the benefits for Hamas when the homes of their own people are destroyed...
By Rachel Levy
It is clear that US President Barack Obama flip-flops on Israel; only the Congress is rock-solid in its support.
Hamas are launching rockets near schools and civilians to make them into targets.
Police are issuing reminders that it is forbidden to enter the Gaza border community area without permission.
5:15pm Gush Dan residents report hearing 3 or 4 intercepts 5:01pm 08-03-2014 Tel Aviv - Yafo , Bat Yam, Rishon L'Tsion, Bnei Brak / Givaatayim / Petach Tikva, Bnei Ayish / Gan Yavne 5:01pm 08-03-2014 Tel Aviv - Yafo , Bat Yam, Rishon L'Tsion, Bnei Brak / Givaatayim / Petach Tikva, Gadera, Bnei Ayish / […]
The IDF took out multiple terrorists and captured mortars and found tunnels...
Givati and armored corps troops continue to battle Hamas terrorists from within Gaza as the operatives keep up a steady stream of rocket fire at Israeli civilians.
By Rachel Levy
The IAF returned fire towards Hamas terrorists using the entrance of an UNRWA school for a shield; 10 Gaza civilians were killed.
“…You shall smite Amalek, and you shall utterly destroy all that is his, and you shall not have pity on him” – Samuel 1, 15:3
By Rachel Levy
Hamas has learned the art of kidnapping from Hezbollah. Israel neeeds to figure out quickly how to deal with that.
Report: Hamas took advantage of the cease fire to attack IDF soldiers...
The IDF has released names of the soldier killed on Thursday night.
12:30pm Be'er Sheva Region, Ofakim... x2 10:50am Sirens at Eshkol. 10:03am - - Cease fire broken by Hamas - - Hamas fires rocket at Eshkol region. All winners, please collect your bets. No injuries were reported in the rocket strike. 9:30am Hamas hasn't fired any rockets at Israel yet since the 8:00am cease fire went […]
Curious as to how long Israel has been rocket free? This site will tell you...
Hamas wants the Arabs in Judea and Samaria to join in...
As the 8:00am deadline for the cease fire approaches, Hamas has shot a lot rockets into Israel to get their last licks: 7:32am 08-01-2014 Bnei Ayish / Gan Yavne 7:32am 08-01-2014 Bnei Ayish / Gan Yavne 7:32am 08-01-2014 Bnei Ayish / Gan Yavne, Givati 7:31am 08-01-2014 Ashdod, Bnei Ayish / Gan Yavne, Givati 7:31am 08-01-2014 […]
Said Arikat is not just a journalist, he acts more like a lobbyist for the Palestinian Arab cause in daily press briefings at the State Department.
By Shalom Bear
Anyone taking bets on how long this cease fire will last, and how many rockets will be fired up to the last minute?
By Rachel Levy
As Gaza terrorists continue to 'carpet-rocket' Israel, UN chief Ban Ki-moon and US Secy of State John Kerry plan another cease fire.
Israel's Chief Rabbis give ruling exempting IDF soldiers from fasting on Tisha B'Av.
8:00pm In the mortar attack on the Eshkol region, 10 people were wounded by a Gazan mortar, 6 in serious condition.
Life Lesson #1: Don't go outside to photograph the Iron Dome system overhead if you don't have to...
The southern Gaza border town of Rafah became the latest target for Israeli fighter pilots Thursday morning.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Israel is calling up 16,000 more reservists to intensify its operation in Gaza and give current soldiers 'breathing room.'
Gaza Heights" an animated video from the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Rockets fired at Ashkelon, Ashdod in violation of ceasefire; No injuries or property damage reported.
By Rachel Levy
An Italian journalist reveals that Gaza’s children are injured and even die when Hamas misfires missiles meant for Israel.
Don't think battle-weary residents of the south are pushing for a ceasefire. This time, they want the government to finish the job.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Reports are emerging that Hamas has executed scores of civilians they accused of collaborating with Israel.
Curious as to why it is so difficult to find the rocket launchers? Watch this...
By Rachel Levy
Some 20 people are dead after an attack at the UNRWA school in northern Gaza late Tuesday, but it's not clear who fired at the building.
UNRWA spokesman wouldn't say whose rockets were found in its schools for the third time.
Half the population gone at any one time, but residents of Gaza Belt remain strong.
UNRWA has found a third set of rockets in a one of their schools. We're sure they're shocked.
A radar system might stop mortar attacks, but that doesn’t change the truism that “the best defense is a good offense.”
Netanyahu and IDF Chief of Staff Gantz announce Israel will not stop the war until all terror tunnels are destroyed.
2:29am Multiple rocket sirens towards Tel Aviv-Yafo, Rishon l'Tzion, Bat Yam, Holon....
The IDF spokesman has released the names of the soldiers who were killed this evening.
Moslem Brotherhood considered enemy number one in Cairo; Gaza branch responds to slight by firing at Israel.
A Hamas rocket attack on the Eshkol region has murdered numerous Israelis...
Prime Minister speaks by phone to Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, stresses that Israel accepted all ceasefire proposals.
By Rachel Levy
The Obama administration casts Hamas in the light of a legitimate organization, not the terror group it is listed as by the US itself.
Calling for a global recitation of the Shema at 12:00 noon EST, 7:00 a.m. PST, 7:00 p.m. in Israel.
The UN Security Council wants a cease fire now. The focus is on the safety of Gaza civilians, but not Israel's security.
2010 cruise to Gaza ended so well, 'humanitarian activists' want to try it all again.
Islamic Republic pledges ongoing support for Hamas, tells Meet the Press that US weapons intended to kill Arab civilians.
Hamas not only has no respect for the living but it also has no respect for the dead.
Kerry is consistent. He has talked so much and promised so much that, like the peace process, his ceasefire delivered nothing.
Hamas proposed a truce after rejecting it, and true to its principles, continued to fire at rockets at Israel.
Twenty Days, 30 terror tunnels destroyed and 2,200 rockets fired at Israel. The price: 43 soldiers.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Despite rockets and mortars fired at several civilian targets last night, which have severely wounded one civilian, the Security Cabinet voted last night to extend the humanitarian cease fire for another 24 hours on the UN’s behest, ending tonight at 9 PM.
Hamas continues to attack Israel during Israel’s unilateral extension of humanitarian ceasefire.
Hamas once again helps proves the accuracy of a Psalm 120:7 – “I say 'peace' and they are for war.”
A video tour of the IDF's field hospital for Gazans...
More IDF soldiers were killed in combat defending Israel against Hamas...
There was a 12 hour cease fire over Shabbat, that held, until the last minute...
Bibi's cabinet unanimously rejected Kerry's ceasefire proposal, but still considering 12-hour break.
11:45am Rocket alerts, including Tel Aviv and Lod. The smell of a Cease fire is in the air. 11:47am 07-25-2014 Ramla, Lod 11:47am 07-25-2014 Tel Aviv - Yafo , Bat Yam, Bnei Brak / Givaatayim / Petach Tikva, Dan coastal plain, Kiryat Ono, Elad, Rosh Ha'yin, Ramla, Lod, Shoham, Kfar Chabad 11:47am 07-25-2014 Tel Aviv […]
11:10am Massive number of rocket alerts: 11:10am 07-25-2014 Herzliya, Raanana, Emek Hefer, Kfar Saba, Sharon / Gaash 11:09am 07-25-2014 Herzliya, Raanana, Emek Hefer, Kfar Saba, Sharon / Gaash, Ashkelon 11:09am 07-25-2014 Herzliya, Raanana, Ashkelon, Emek Hefer, Kfar Saba, Sharon / Gaash, Ashkelon 11:09am 07-25-2014 Herzliya, Raanana, Ashkelon, Emek Hefer, Kfar Saba, Sharon / Gaash, Zikim […]
The IDF has begun to systematically tear apart the roots of the Hamas terrorist infrastructure
Hip Hop musicians create a song and video to express how they feel about the current Arab/Israel war.