TEL AVIV – The Iron Dome air defense system has been deployed in central Israel, the IDF said on Monday night, amid increased tensions between the country and Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Gaza since the army destroyed an attack tunnel built by the terror group last month.
TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Sunday that any terror groups plotting attacks against Israel will be dealt with harshly.
TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday announced that Israel would hold on to the bodies of terrorists killed during last week’s tunnel blast, a move that Israeli lawmakers said would help in a potential exchange for the bodies of slain IDF soldiers held in Gaza.
TEL AVIV – Israeli students in schools near the border with the Gaza Strip were kept inside protected areas on Tuesday amid fears of retaliation over army’s destruction of a terror tunnel killing seven militants a day earlier.
TEL AVIV – Israel’s UN envoy Danny Danon on Sunday slammed Hamas over the discovery of a tunnel underneath a UN-run school in Gaza, accusing the terror group of using schoolchildren as “human shields.”
TEL AVIV – A leading Canadian Jewish group has expressed “concern” over the country’s recent announcement of up to $25 million in funding for a UN agency catering to Palestinian refugees that it deems “problematic and dangerous.”
TEL AVIV – President Donald Trump has pledged to retain the annual U.S. funding of $300 million to a UN agency for Palestinian refugees despite calls from Israel shut it down.
TEL AVIV – Following the discovery of terror tunnels under two UN-run schools in the Gaza Strip, Israel has appealed to the Security Council to condemn Hamas and do everything in its power to stop the terror group exploiting its own facilities, the Foreign Ministry said Saturday.
