Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — Hamas has set security priorities, promising to stabilize the Gaza Strip and groom a force to fight Israel. Interior Minister Fathi Hamad said Hamas would use its security forces for domestic stability and protection of the Islamic regime. Hamad said the 20,000-member force would also search for agents of neighboring […]
Special to WorldTribune.com RAMALLAH — Dissidents from the ruling Fatah movement have been forming militias financed by Iran. Palestinian sources said Fatah dissidents in the Gaza Strip were allowed to form armed groups without allegiance to Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas. The sources said at least one such Fatah-origin militia has been authorized by the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel’s military envisions the use of robots to help secure its turbulent borders. The Israel Army’s Engineering Corps has been working with civilian partners to develop robots that could detect and stop infiltration threats along the borders of Egypt, Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. So far, one of the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel’s military has been fighting a daily war with Iran and its proxies. A senior Israeli commander said all arms of the military were engaged with Iran and its proxies on a daily basis. The commander cited Iran’s presence in Lebanon, Syria and the Gaza Strip. “We are indirectly […]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — Israel has warned its nationals against visiting Tunisia. The National Security Council has warned of a threat of an attack on Israelis or Jews in the North African state. The council’s Counter-Terrorism Bureau said the attack could take place during a Jewish holiday in May. “The NSCCTB notes that there […]
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — Hamas has concluded the first phase of leadership elections. The elections were said to have taken place amid increasing tension between the Hamas regime in the Gaza Strip and political bureau chief Khaled Masha’al. Hamas sources said the Palestinian Islamic movement has completed elections in the Gaza Strip. They […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — In the first such attack in 2012, Bedouin gunmen have killed Egyptian police officers in the Sinai Peninsula. Security sources said at least two police officers were killed and three others injured in a Bedouin assault of a police checkpoint near the northern provincial capital of El Arish. They said […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt has reported sending special operations forces into the turbulent Sinai Peninsula, regarded by Israel as a launching pad for rocket strikes. The Egyptian Interior Ministry said at least 200 officers would be deployed in northern Sinai in wake of the latest rocket attacks on Isarel. On April 7, the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The Congressional Research Service has issued a report that called on the House and Senate to draft contingencies based on the ramifications of an Israeli military campaign to destroy Iran’s nuclear facilities. Titled “Israel: Possible Military Strike Against Iran’s Nuclear Facilities,” CRS, which briefs Congress on a range of issues, […]
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 […]