Special to WorldTribune.com Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon indicated on Aug. 7 that Israeli intelligence services may have been behind the assassinations of Iranian nuclear scientists. “Ultimately it is very clear, one way or another, Iran’s military nuclear program must be stopped,” Ya’alon said. “We will act in any way and are not willing to tolerate […]
Special to WorldTribune.com As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed the United States for its numerous concessions to Iran in nuclear negotiations, Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon said that Israel is prepared to “defend ourselves, by ourselves.” At a July 12 Cabinet meeting, Netanyahu blasted the imminent deal and noted Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s comments that the […]
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 acknowledged its rejection of a solution to Hamas tunnels from the Gaza Strip. An Israeli court has determined that the military vetoed a project to develop a system to detect and locate Hamas tunnels. The Tel Aviv District Court ruled that the Defense Ministry and military later […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel has been tracking renewed foreign assistance to the Hamas regime in the Gaza Strip. Officials said Iran, Qatar and Turkey were arranging to renew civilian and military aid to Hamas and its Palestinian militia allies. They said the foreign countries were encouraged by the Palestinian war against Israel […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The Israel Army exhausted its main battle tank shell stockpile during the war in the Gaza Strip. By late July, the army issued an urgent request to the United States to replenish the Israeli stockpile. The sources said Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon requested permission to tap into the U.S. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — Israel has been bracing for an official inquiry into the latest war with Hamas. Officials said the military and government have been preparing for at least two major investigations into the indecisive 50-day war with the Gaza Strip in July and August 2014. They said investigators from the Knesset, or […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel has determined that its 50-day war with the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip cost more than $2.5 billion. Officials said the Israeli military spent more than $100 million on the cost of missile and rocket defense against Hamas and its Palestinian militia allies. They said each interception of Palestinian rockets […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel was said to have destroyed Hamas military headquarters in the Gaza Strip. Military sources said the Israel Air Force targeted a 13-story building in Gaza City that contained the Hamas command center. They said the building was leveled and senior commanders were killed on Aug. 23 after civilians […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel has eliminated much of Hamas’ military command. Hamas has acknowledged the killing of at least three members of the military command in an Israeli air strike. The air strike was one of several that targeted the Hamas and Islamic Jihad leadership in the southern Gaza Strip. “We will […]