Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel and Hizbullah have come to blows along the Lebanese border. On Oct. 7, two Israel Army soldiers were injured in a bomb planted in the Shebaa Plateau. The military blamed Hizbullah as well as the Lebanese government for entering Israeli-controlled territory. “The Lebanese government and Hizbullah are directly […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel has struck the Hamas network in the West Bank. The Israel Army has captured or killed about a dozen senior Hamas operatives in the southern West Bank. The casualties included the killers of three Israeli teenagers in Hebron in June 2014. “The operations foiled a major Hamas terrorist […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — The Israel Army, amid heavy Palestinian fire, has withdrawn from the Gaza Strip. Military sources said about 90 percent of the estimated 8,000 troops have already left the Gaza Strip. They said the remainder were deployed around the southern Gaza town of Rafah, believed to contain a major part […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israeli infantry and armored units have been withdrawing from the Gaza Strip amid plans to suspend the offensive against Hamas and its Palestinian militia allies. The Israeli military said it was close to demolishing all of Hamas’ weapons tunnels, including those that penetrate Israel. “Our understanding is that our […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel’s military has estimated that more than 10 percent of Hamas missile launches fell in the Gaza Strip. The military has asserted that nearly 300 rockets fired by Hamas and its Palestinian militia allies landed in the Gaza Strip. In at least one case, a medium-range M-75, based on […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel’s military has begun its first major test in underground warfare. Military sources said the Israel Army was engaged in its first major campaign to detect and destroy Hamas’ huge underground network in the Gaza Strip. They said the campaign marked a test of newly-acquired doctrine, skills and equipment. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — An Israeli teenager, in the first such incident since the Sunni revolt, has been killed along the Syrian frontier. The Israeli Defense Ministry said the 13-year-old son of a contractor was killed in an explosion as they drove in a water truck south of the border crossing of Quneitra. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel has resumed targeting Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The Israel Air Force struck what was described as a senior Hamas commander in the first major operation since the launch of the Palestinian Authority unity government on June 2. The commander, killed on late June 11, was identified as […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel has discovered what officials termed the most advanced Hamas tunnel in the Gaza Strip. The military said the tunnel began near the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis and reached an Israeli kibbutz. The tunnel, reported on March 20, was said to be the longest and deepest discovered […]
Special to WorldTribune.com RAMALLAH — Israel has killed a Hamas commander in the West Bank. Palestinian sources said the Israel Army and police raided a refugee camp in the northern West Bank city of Jenin and battled Palestinian gunmen. They said two Palestinians were killed, including a local commander of Hamas’ military wing, Hamza Abu […]