Tag: Gaza

Israeli Airstrike Kills Head of Palestinian Islamic Jihad Rocket-Launching Unit

Another Palestinian Islamic Jihad military commander has been killed during an early morning Israeli airstrike on an apartment building in Gaza on May 11, according to officials. Palestine and Israel both confirmed the death of Ali Hassan Ghali—also known as Abu Muhammad—who was reportedly the head of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s (PIJ) missile unit. A…


White House Urges Israel, Palestinian Islamic Jihad to ‘De-Escalate’ Amid Violence

The White House on May 9 called on Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad to “de-escalate” amid tensions between the two groups, with the latter launching hundreds of rockets in the past month. “We are closely following Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip that killed three leaders of Palestinian Islamic Jihad,” a National Security Council spokesperson…


Israel Launches Air Strikes Targeting Hamas in Lebanon, Gaza After Rocket Attack

Israel’s military said it launched air strikes across Gaza and Lebanon in the early hours of the morning on April 7, striking targets linked to the Palestinian militant group Hamas. The strikes came in response to rocket attacks from Lebanon towards northern Israeli areas on Thursday, which Israeli officials blamed on Hamas. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF)…


Israel’s Defense Force Conducting Strikes in Response to Rockets Fired From Gaza

Israel’s Defense Force said on Feb. 23 it had conducted strikes in the Gaza Strip in response to earlier rocket attacks from the area, as the situation in the West Bank and East Jerusalem turns increasingly violent. On Twitter, Israel’s forces alleged that the latest strikes on the Gaza strip had hit a naval weapons manufacturing and…


Explosions Rock Gaza, Israel Says It Hit Hamas Rocket Factory

GAZA—Several explosions rocked the Gaza Strip early on Monday, according to a Reuters witness, as Israel’s military said it attacked an underground site used by the Palestinian enclave’s Hamas Islamists to manufacture rockets. The air strikes, in which there was no immediate word of casualties, followed what Israel described as its shooting down over the weekend of a…


Gaza Fire Kills 22 From One Family During Birthday Party, Official Reveals Cause

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip—Investigators said Sunday that last week’s massive apartment fire in the Gaza Strip was ignited accidentally by a man using gasoline in a party trick, but did not explain how they reached that conclusion. The blaze killed 22 members of the same family and there were no survivors who could have described…


Misfired Rockets May Have Killed Over a Dozen in Gaza Battle

Close to one-third of the Palestinians who died in the latest outbreak of violence between Israel and Gaza terrorists may have been killed by errant rockets fired by the Palestinian side, according to an Israeli military assessment. Forty-nine Palestinians were killed in the three days of heavy fighting, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. The Israeli…


Israel, Islamic Jihad Terrorist Group Agree to Cease-Fire From Sunday Night

Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist group agreed to a Cairo-mediated cease-fire to take effect late on Sunday, both sides said, raising hopes of an end to the most serious flare-up on the Gaza frontier in more than a year. Israeli forces have pounded targets in Gaza since Friday, while the Iran-backed Islamic Jihad terrorist…


Israeli Airstrike Kills 2nd Top Commander of Islamic Jihad Terrorist Group

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip—Israel said Sunday that it killed a senior Islamic Jihad commander in Gaza, the second such targeted attack since it launched its high-stakes military offensive against the terrorist group just before the weekend. The Iran-backed terrorist group has fired hundreds of rockets at Israel in response. Gaza’s ruling Hamas terrorist group, which…


Air Strikes, Rocket Attacks Push Israel, Gaza Into Second Day of Fighting

GAZA/JERUSALEM—Israeli air strikes pounded Gaza while the Islamic Jihad terrorist group fired hundreds of rockets into Israel on Saturday as a cross-border clash continued into a second day. Hamas, the Islamist terrorist group which controls the enclave, said the children were among the dead from a blast close to the Jabalya refugee camp and blamed…