Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel has failed to halt the illegal influx of tens of thousands of Palestinians, including operatives of leading insurgency groups. Officials said the Israeli military has acknowledged the failure to stop or significantly reduce the infiltration of Palestinians from the West Bank. The officials said the multi-billion-dollar security barrier […]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — Israel has reported foiling a Hamas plot in the West Bank. The Israel Security Agency said Hamas sought to establish a cell in the West Bank to abduct Israelis. The agency said the plot was organized by Hamas inmates in Israel and directed from the Gaza Strip. “Those involved were […]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — Israel has reported a sharp increase in Palestinian attacks. The Israel Security Agency has reported a more than 33 percent increase in attacks in September 2013. The agency said most of the increase stemmed from the West Bank. “The main increase is noted in Judea and Samaria [West Bank] with […]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — Israel has reported an increase in Palestinian attacks. The Israel Security Agency cited a sharp increase in Palestinian strikes in August. ISA said the attacks included rocket and other enemy operations from Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. “August 2013 saw an increase in the number of terror attacks,” ISA said, “99 attacks […]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — Israel has determined that the Hamas regime was establishing an infrastructure for missile and rocket production in the West Bank. The Israel Security Agency determined that Hamas ordered cells in the West Bank to manufacture missiles and rockets. ISA said Hamas operatives were led by a Palestinian attorney and based […]
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — Hamas plans to renew efforts to establish diplomatic and other relations with the West. Hamas leaders said Arab allies were lobbying the European Union and United States to establish ties with the Islamist regime in the Gaza Strip. The Hamas leaders said the focus was for Western nations to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — Israel has again reported a sharp rise in Palestinian attacks — this time in the West Bank. The Israel Security Agency reported a 65 percent increase in Palestinian attacks in February 2013. ISA cited 139 attacks in February compared to 83 during the previous month. “Most of these attacks were […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Geostrategy-Direct.com JERUSALEM — For the first time, a senior Israeli official has acknowledged that the nation’s intelligence community was deceived by the Palestinian Authority in counter-insurgency cooperation. Yosef Kuperwasser, director-general of the Strategic Affairs Ministry, testified that the Israel Security Agency was accepting false and misleading data from the PA. Kuperwasser, a […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — The Iranian-sponsored Islamic Jihad has formed a cell to abduct Israelis. The Israel Security Agency said Jihad recruited Palestinians and Israeli Arabs to identify and abduct Israelis. The agency said cell members were ordered to disguise themselves as Jews and offer hitches to civilians and soldiers around Israel and […]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — Israel, amid the ceasefire with the Hamas regime, has reported no attacks from the Gaza Strip. The Israel Security Agency did not cite any attacks from the Gaza Strip during January. This marked the first time in years in which no attacks were reported from the strip, for decades the […]