Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel’s military has established a regional brigade along the border with Egypt amid threats from the Sinai Peninsula. The military said Southern Command has established the Eilat Brigade, assigned to operate along the 202-kilometer border with Egypt. Eilat Brigade was meant to increase military command and control over the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel has deemed its oil refineries a key target of the Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah. Officials said Hizbullah could be expected to fire missiles and rockets toward Israel’s oil refineries around the northern city of Haifa. They cited Hizbullah rocket strikes near the refineries during the last war with Israel in […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Turkey is said to have pledged up to $300 million in aid to Hamas. Turkish sources said Prime Minister Recep Erdogan has pledged to become a leading donor to the Hamas regime. Over the last year, Erdogan has provided Hamas support in other ways. The sources said Turkey was providing […]
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — The Iranian-sponsored Islamic Jihad has reported a sharp growth in membership and weapons in 2011. Jihad said it has trained more than 8,000 fighters for a war with Israel. The Iranian-sponsored militia was also said to have amassed some 5,000 missiles and rockets, which included the largest long-range arsenal […]
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — Hamas has reported a significant increase in its government budget in the Gaza Strip. Hamas said it has drafted a budget of $769 million for 2012, an increase of 22 percent from this year. The Islamic regime said the key sectors in the budget were military and security. “They […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel’s intelligence community has assessed that Egypt’ existing government could decline rapidly in wake of the huge Islamic victory in parliamentary elections. Israeli sources said the intelligence community was stunned by the victory of the Muslim Brotherhood and its Salafist allies in parliamentary elections in late November. They said […]
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — The Hamas regime has cracked down on major banks in the Gaza Strip. A Hamas court fined two major Gaza banks tens of millions of dollars for refusing to pay taxes to the Islamic regime. The decision, issued in mid-November, said the Bank of Palestine and Palestine Islamic Bank […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel’s military, besieged by missile threats from several fronts, is seeking to enhance civil defense. The military has been testing a range of commercial technologies to bolster protection against missile strikes. The military has been stymied by government budget cuts in plans to build shelters and bunkers to protect […]
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — Palestinians have been quietly converting from Sunni to Shi’a Islam. Hundreds of Palestinians are said to have converted to Shi’a Islam over the last two years. They said the effort was financed by Iran through proxies in the Gaza Strip. “Their numbers are not great, but people are noticing […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — For the first time, Israel has acknowledged that Egypt’s military was conducting unauthorized flights in the Jewish state. Officials said the Israel Air Force has detected flights by Egyptian military aircraft in Israel. They said helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles were allowed by Israel to operate in Egypt’s eastern […]