Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — The Israel Army has been struggling in ground operations in the Gaza Strip. The Army has reported the death of at least 15 soldiers in a 24-hour period in the Gaza Strip. Thirteen of the soldiers, including a senior officer, were killed in heavy fighting with Hamas on the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — The Israel Army has restricted operations to the perimeter of the Gaza Strip. Military sources said infantry, armored, engineering and special forces were deployed along a 2.5 kilometer zone along the eastern Gaza frontier with Israel. The sources said the Israeli units, which sustained at least two casualties, were […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel’s military has become increasingly uneasy over the war with the Gaza Strip. Military sources said the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has failed to determine the goal of Israel’s war with Hamas and its Palestinian militias. They said the military was coming under strain by sustained Palestinian […]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — The government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been stung by criticism of its willingness to reach a ceasefire with Hamas. On July 15, Netanyahu fired a leading critic, Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon, who said the government surrendered to Hamas and its international allies. “At a time when the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel’s military has begun limited ground operations in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. The military said commandos from the Israel Navy infiltrated the Gaza Strip to attack a Hamas rocket unit. The military said four of the commandos were injured in the battle in which the rocket launcher was struck. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel’s intelligence community has been mulling the prospect that three Jewish teenagers abducted by Hamas were dead. A leading Israeli defense analyst asserted that the intelligence community has failed to determined signs of life from three teenagers abducted on June 12 from the southern West Bank. The analyst said […]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — Israel has blamed Hamas for the abduction of three Jewish teenagers. Officials said the Israeli intelligence community has determined that Hamas ordered and executed the abduction of three Israeli teenagers on June 12. They said the Hamas cell appeared to come from the Hebron area in the southern West Bank. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com RAMALLAH — The Palestinian Authority has announced a government with Hamas. Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah has been assigned to head an interim government that reflected a reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas. The new Cabinet of Hamdallah, deemed close to Hamas, was sworn in on June 2 in a ceremony attended by PA […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Geostrategy-Direct.com WASHINGTON — The United States has launched a campaign against Israel in wake of its refusal to attack Syria. Diplomatic sources said Israel rebuffed a request by President Barack Obama to attack the Syrian Army as it advanced toward rebel strongholds in the Golan Heights in May 2014. The sources said […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel was said to have suspended a major missile defense program. Officials said the Defense Ministry has shelved plans to accelerate development of the David’s Sling missile defense system. The officials said the ministry and military were not sustaining the program, also financed by the United States, amid deep […]