Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel has been shocked by the scope and methods of Hamas tunnel warfare. In at least one case, Hamas fighters have infiltrated Israel wearing Israeli military uniforms. “This is a threat to the south,” Maj. Gen. Sami Turgeman, head of the Army’s Southern Command, said. The Hamas attack tunnels, […]
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 — Hamas has flown its first unmanned aerial vehicle into Israel. The Israeli military said Hamas sent an unidentified UAV into Israeli air space on July 14. They said the UAV flew from the Gaza Strip to the Israeli city of Ashdod south of Tel Aviv before the platform was […]
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 — The Israel Air Force has expanded its fleet of Iron Dome missile and rocket defense batteries. The Air Force deployed its latest Iron Dome battery on July 12 amid the mini-war with the Gaza Strip. The battery was said to be the eighth Iron Dome, produced by the state-owned […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Hamas has been coordinating with its leading ally in NATO amid the Gaza Strip war with Israel. Turkish sources said Hamas Executive Council leader Khaled Masha’al has been consulting with Ankara to form a strategy against Israel. The sources said the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has pledged […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Hamas and its Palestinian militia allies have enhanced long-range rocket strikes against Israel. Officials said Hamas and Islamic Jihad rocket strikes have reached unprecedented ranges. They said rockets fired from the Gaza Strip have flown more than 100 kilometers, a 33 percent increase from the last mini-war in 2012. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — Israel has used combat unmanned aerial vehicles in the missile war in the Gaza Strip, a human rights group said. The Palestinian Center for Human Rights said the Israel Air Force was directing combat UAV operations throughout the Gaza Strip. The center said the UAVs were firing air-to-ground rockets […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel’s military, prevented from a ground invasion, has instead targeted Palestinian missile and rocket arsenals in the Gaza Strip. Military sources said the Israel Air Force, in coordination with the intelligence community, was trying to destroy arsenals of Hamas and its militia allies in the Gaza Strip. The sources […]