Browsing: Middle East

Military spokesman Daniel Hagari says Hamas positioned rocket launchers in ‘Philadelphi Route’ hoping to dissuade Israel from striking close to the Egyptian border. The Israeli military announced on Wednesday that it had established “operational control” over the entire so-called Philadelphi Route along the Gaza-Egypt border, discovering dozens of rocket launchers and at least 20 cross-border smuggling tunnels there so far. At a press conference Wednesday evening, IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said that the now-captured strip of land, which runs for a total of 14 kilometers (8.7 miles) all along the Gaza-Egypt border, served as “Hamas’s oxygen pipeline” for…

Israel’s ambassador to Germany strongly criticized Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s office for saying that if the International Criminal Court (ICC) issues a warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, he would be arrested if he steps on German soil. When asked if Germany would obey the ICC’s warrant for Netanyahu’s arrest, Chancellor Scholz’s spokesman, Steffen Hebestreit, responded, “Of course. Yes, we abide by the law.” Israel’s ambassador to Germany Ron Prosor condemned the statement on X, and wrote, “This is outrageous! The public statement that Israel has the right to self-defense loses credibility if our hands are tied as soon as…

Soldiers operating in Zeitoun found food forcibly taken by Hamas from humanitarian aid distributors. The terror organization first distributed the aid to its operatives and then to the civilians in the area. IDF soldiers from the Nahal Brigade who raided the Zeitoun neighborhood in Gaza this week were surprised to find large quantities of food that came via humanitarian aid trucks in Hamas hideouts. Yoav Zitun reported on Ynet that alongside the weapons caches, Hamas hid in their stronghold that they reestablished in Zeitoun tons of packaged food, which came in humanitarian aid shipments from the southern Gaza Strip and…

As of 2023, Turkey was Israel’s fourth-largest trading partner and represented a major trading route and supplier of kosher food. The trade ban Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan imposed on Israel to protest its war against Gaza has harmed both countries economically and may pose a particular danger to the kosher food industry. Although Israeli and Turkish leaders have often engaged in a war of words, their trading ties have been generally healthy, and relations between the countries had reached a high point prior to October 7th. However, given Erdogan’s support for Hamas and pressure from his citizens, on May…

The Sky Dew system detects and gives warning of aerial threats emanating from over the northern border. The IDF confirmed Hezbollah’s claim to have damaged a sensitive military site in the north and is currently assessing the harm done. Two explosive UAVs penetrated Israeli airspace Wednesday, heading for an air defense facility near the Golani Junction in the Lower Galilee. One was shot down, the IDF said, while the other hit the location of the army’s new Sky Dew system, which operates a radar-filled reconnaissance blimp. It was the first time the Iranian proxy managed to hit anything of consequence…

Universities must protect Jews from violent hate speech, the way they protect Blacks. That they do not, shows the sickness of progressive higher education. Defining the current campus crisis : It is not the question of ‘how to protect free speech’ on campus. It is the question ‘How can such violent hatred of Jewish people hood ( usually termed anti-Semitism) be permitted to run uncontrolled on a college campus, seventy years after the Holocaust?’ The day after the Oct. Seventh massacre university leaders abandoned their Jewish students to suffering ongoing, violent attacks of anti Jewishness (anti Semitism). Why? The media and leaders of higher education are…

Rachel Goldberg-Polin believes son Hersh’s ill appearance will remind the world that the hostages are real people and raise pressure for a deal. Rachel Goldberg-Polin thinks it would be helpful for the world to see the latest Hamas propaganda video, which features her son, Hersh, The Telegraph reported Tuesday. “People have forgotten that [the hostages]  are actual, real people,” she told the British daily in an interview. In the nearly two-and-a-half-minute clip, an emaciated and pale Goldberg-Polin is seen sitting in a chair in a short-sleeved shirt which reveals that his left arm ends in a stump right below the…

According to a report by Israel’s Channel 12, a source close to Hamas leader in Gaza Yahya Sinwar has revealed that Sinwar views the latest hostage exchange and ceasefire proposal as a trap. The source quoted Sinwar as saying, “The proposal on the table to free the hostages is not an Egyptian proposal, but an Israeli one in an American disguise that contains several booby-trapped clauses.” The source also revealed that Hezbollah is pressuring Hamas to accept the deal, but Sinwar is reluctant as it does not guarantee an end to the war. This suggests a possible rift between Hamas…

(JNS) – There can be no negotiations with Israel as the Jewish people are “slayers of prophets,” a top Qatari official told representatives at a recent Arab League summit, according to a translation of the speech the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) published on Wednesday. Essa bin Ahmad al-Nassr, who serves on Doha’s Shura Council legislature and holds the rank of brigadier-general in the Qatari Armed Forces’ elite Emiri Guard protection unit, threatened the annihilation of the Jewish state. Qatar, which hosts Hamas leaders and has provided the terrorist organization with hundreds of millions of dollars, played a role…

Iran-backed Islamic Jihad claimed the attacks, which originated from northern Gaza. Israeli Air Force fighter jets destroyed two Hamas rocket launchers embedded in a humanitarian zone in southern Gaza, the army said Wednesday, as the war started by the terrorist group entered its 200th day. The Israel Defense Forces said the launch pads were loaded with rockets and were struck before they could be used to attack the Jewish state. The strike in the heart of a humanitarian zone was carried out following efforts to prevent harm to civilians, the military added. Overnight, IAF fighter jets targeted 2 Hamas launch…