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 JERUSALEM — Israelis have again been warned against travel to Turkey. The government’s Counter-Terrorism Bureau asserted that Islamist cells were planning to attack Israelis and Jews in Turkey. The bureau, part of the National Security Council, said the attack was imminent and could target synagogues or places where Israelis congregate. “Terror groups […]
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 TEL AVIV — Israel’s military has deployed a missile and rocket defense system near the nation’s business capital out of concern for a Palestinian attack. Military sources said the Israel Air Force has been assembling the Iron Dome missile and rocket defense system near Tel Aviv as part of an exercise. They […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Islamic insurgents have deployed surface-to-air missiles in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula for attacks on Israel, a report said. The Washington Institute for Near East Policy said Hamas has joined with Bedouin insurgents to establish Sinai as a venue for SAM attacks on Israeli civilian and military aircraft. In a report, the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Hamas’ military is said to have been divided over a reconciliation agreement with the rival Fatah movement. Hamas sources said an agreement brokered by Qatar and signed by political bureau chief Khaled Masha’al and Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has fueled a dispute within the Islamic movement’s Izzedin Kassam military […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Hamas, amid threats by the regime of President Bashar Assad, has withdrawn its entire leadership out of Syria. Hamas sources said the movement has ordered the entire 15-member politburo to leave Syria. They said the revolt in Syria has made the country unsafe for its Palestinian wing. “Low-level Hamas members […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Qatar has brokered an agreement between the two leading Palestinian factions. On Feb. 6, leaders of Fatah and Hamas agreed to resume efforts to form a joint government and prepare for elections. Under Qatar’s influence, the two sides supported the selection of Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas as head […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — An Israeli defense major has sought endorsements for its new missile and rocket defense system. Israel’s state-owned Rafael Advanced Defense Systems has been lobbying mayors of communities near the Gaza Strip to submit endorsements for the Iron Dome. Rafael has produced and deployed two Iron Dome batteries to defend […]