Special to WorldTribune.com from TEL AVIV — Israel has launched an assassination campaign against rocket specialists of Hamas and Islamic Jihad. Israeli sources have asserted that the Israeli intelligence community has identified more than 100 rocket specialists of Hamas and the Iranian-sponsored Jihad. They said the intelligence community and military would seek to kill a […]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — Israel’s intelligence community has disclosed a Hamas plot against the Palestinian Authority. The Israel Security Agency reported a Hamas plot to oust PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank. ISA said Hamas’ military network was ordered to destabilize the West Bank through mass-casualty attacks meant to prepare for a […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Geostrategy-Direct.com JERUSALEM — Israel has determined that Hamas was training in air operations in Malaysia. The Israel Security Agency said Malaysia hosted Hamas operatives for air missions against the Jewish state. The domestic intelligence agency said Hamas operatives were taught to use a powered parachute to infiltrate Israel. “Hamas has invested numerous […]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — Israel has identified the abductors of three Jewish teenagers in the West Bank. The Israel Security Agency (ISA) said Hamas operatives abducted three teenagers, including a U.S. citizen, near their school south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem on June 12. ISA said both alleged abductors were working for […]
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 reported an increase in insurgency attacks. The Israel Security Agency has cited a slight increase in Palestinian attacks in May. ISA said Palestinian insurgents focused operations in the West Bank and Jerusalem. “May 2014 saw a slight increase in the number of terror attacks: 116 attacks as opposed […]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — Israel has sought to stop the recruitment of Arab citizens to fight in Syria. Officials have cited recruitment of Sunni Muslims by Al Qaida to fight the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. The officials said the Israeli Arabs were trained by Al Qaida and turned into experienced fighters who […]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — Israel’s intelligence community has determined that Hamas formed a messenger service to communicate with senior members imprisoned in the Jewish state. The Israel Security Agency said Hamas co-opted Israeli attorneys and others to maintain contact with jailed senior operatives. ISA concluded that Hamas paid Israeli Arabs up to $200 per […]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — The Palestinian Authority, nearing economic collapse, has maintained salaries to insurgents, including would-be suicide attackers, captured by Israel. In a report, Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) cited a Palestinian detainee who said he planned an attack in the Jewish state to help pay his debts. “I decided to arrange an imaginary […]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — Israel is said to have neutralized a Western-backed anarchist movement in the West Bank. The Israel Security Agency reported a sharp drop in activities by the anarchist movement, comprised mostly of Americans and Western Europeans. In its annual report, ISA attributed the decline to the dismantling of a major Western-based […]