Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has ordered his administration not to approve U.S. weapons deliveries to Israel. Officials said the White House ordered the State Department and Defense Department to suspend any Israeli request for weapons or other military supplies. They said Obama issued a directive that any Israeli request, regardless of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel’s military has prepared for a sustained rocket campaign from the Gaza Strip. The military has instituted regulations that virtually end public life in much of the Jewish state. The regulations by the military’s Homefront Command ban gatherings routine for concerts, school assemblies and prayer. “Gatherings of more than […]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — Israel has become concerned over its inability to deter attacks from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. Officials acknowledged that Hamas and its Palestinian militia allies were confident that Israel, restrained by the United States, would not threaten their interests. They said this has led to the failure of repeated ceasefires and […]
By Donald Kirk, East-Asia-Intel.com Conflict between Israel and the Hamas bears some startling resemblances to that between North and South Korea. Think about it: Israel and North Korea are both essentially client states. Israel couldn’t fight anyone, could not exist surrounded by Arab enemies, without all the arms the U.S. has been pouring into the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel’s military has cited major achievements in the war in the Gaza Strip but has not declared victory. The military said it destroyed about one-third of the Palestinian missile and rocket arsenal in the Gaza Strip. The military also said it “neutralized” 32 tunnels and targeted between 750 and […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israelis, despite assurances by the government, fear returning to their homes in communities along the Gaza Strip. Up to 20,000 Israelis have been forced out of their homes during the Hamas war. The Israelis have dismissed goverment assurances that their communities were safe from Palestinian rocket and tunnel attacks. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — The Israel Army, amid heavy Palestinian fire, has withdrawn from the Gaza Strip. Military sources said about 90 percent of the estimated 8,000 troops have already left the Gaza Strip. They said the remainder were deployed around the southern Gaza town of Rafah, believed to contain a major part […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israeli infantry and armored units have been withdrawing from the Gaza Strip amid plans to suspend the offensive against Hamas and its Palestinian militia allies. The Israeli military said it was close to demolishing all of Hamas’ weapons tunnels, including those that penetrate Israel. “Our understanding is that our […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel, faced with withdrawal or conquest, has lost control over the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, a report said. The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Affairs has asserted that Israel lost the initiative in its conflict with Hamas. A former leading adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Hamas was demonstrating unprecedented […]
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — The United Nations has acknowledged that its facilities in the Gaza Strip were storing Palestinian missiles and rockets. The UN Relief and Works Agency has reported at least two incidents in which its schools were used for the storage of rockets amid the war with Israel. In both cases, […]