Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel’s military has been preparing for the deployment of another battery of the Iron Dome missile and rocket defense system. The military said a fourth Iron Dome battery would be deployed in April in wake of the missile war with the Gaza Strip. The battery, which could intercept missiles […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Tension between Egypt and the Hamas regime has risen amid a dispute over fuel supplies to the Gaza Strip. Officials said Cairo assessed that Hamas was preparing for another confrontation with Egyptian security forces amid rising Palestinian unrest linked to the Gaza fuel shortage. They said Hamas planned to send […]
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — Palestinian gunners from the Gaza Strip have reported striking central Israel. Iranian-sponsored missile and rocket squads have released details of the mini-war with Israel in March. The Iranian-sponsored Islamic Jihad said it demonstrated extended-range rocket capability by the military wing, called Quds Brigades. “The enemy knows that the Quds […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel’s new missile and rocket defense system failed to deter Palestinian attacks from the Gaza Strip, a report said. The Institute for National Security Studies asserted that Israel’s Iron Dome intercepted about 80 percent of missiles and rockets fired from the Gaza Strip earlier this month. The report by […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel’s military said the newly-deployed Iron Dome system could destroy a range of airborne threats. The military said Iron Dome, manufactured by the state-owned Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, has been configured to intercept mortars. The system, used heavily in the Israel-Hamas mini-war this month, is also said to be […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has been working with Egypt to stop the fighting between Israel and the neighboring Gaza Strip in consultations that have not included the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Diplomatic sources said Egypt and the United States were consulting to persuade the Hamas regime in the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — Israel and Hamas have become engaged in another mini-war. Hamas and its militia allies fired at least 100 missiles, mortars and rockets toward Israel on March 9-10 in wake of the assassination of the commander of a Hamas-aligned militia. The Israel Air Force responded with strikes that killed at […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The U.S. Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on Gen. Gholamreza Baghbani, an officer in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Baghbani, assigned to IRGC’s Quds Force, was said to have overseen drug trafficking from Afghanistan through Iran in cooperation with Taliban. “Today’s action exposes IRGC-QF involvement in trafficking narcotics, made doubly […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt’s natural gas pipeline to the rest of the Middle East has again been bombed. Officials said the bombing of the Arab Gas Pipeline took place in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on late March 5. Officials said gas supplies to neighboring Israel and Jordan were severed after the attack in northern […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — The Palestine Liberation Organization has been targeted by the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. Palestinian sources said Assad regime agents have been attacking and killing PLO officers in refugee camps amid the Sunni revolt in Syria. They said at least three Palestinian officers were assassinated around Damascus, including a […]