by WorldTribune Staff, August 15, 2017 Israel, under an accelerated schedule, hopes to have an underground border wall along its side of the 37-mile (60-kilometer) border with the Gaza Strip completed within two years. The sensor-equipped wall, which will cost $1.1 billion, is being constructed as a counter-measure to terror tunnels used by Hamas fighters […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 7, 2017 A deal proposed by Egypt to unify Hamas and the Palestinian Authority’s Fatah party has been accepted by Hamas, according to reports. Under the deal proposed by Egyptian President Abdul Fatah Sisi, the PA would be committed to ending harsh actions it has taken against Hamas in Gaza since […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 18, 2017 Hamas has approached Algeria about the possibility of replacing Qatar as the headquarters for the terror organization’s officials abroad, a report said. After Qatari authorities, saying they were driven by “external pressures,” decided to expel several Hamas members, the terror organization asked Algeria to take in some of its […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 29, 2017 Seeking to improve strained ties with Egypt, Hamas is constructing a buffer zone along the Gaza Strip border with Egypt. Hamas’s Ministry of the Interior and the Internal Security arm of Hamas began constructing the buffer zone after recent meetings between Hamas leaders and top ranking officials within the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 13, 2017 Hamas constructed an “attack tunnel” underneath two Gaza Strip schools that are run by the UN Relief and Works Administration (UNRWA), a report said. After the discovery, Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon urged the UN Security Council to openly rebuke Hamas. “The latest finding verifies once again […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 1, 2017 Hamas has offered its gratitude to North Korea for issuing a threat against Israel. On April 29, North Korea’s Defense Ministry threatened Israel after Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman told the Hebrew-language Walla! news site in an interview called out the North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un for his ties with […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 11, 2017 Hamas has blamed Israel for the assassination of one of its top terror operatives. Mazan Faqha was shot and killed on March 24 near his home in Gaza. The shooter used a silencer, and fired four bullets, killing Faqha on the spot, Arutz Sheva reported. Following Faqha’s death, Hamas released […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 19, 2017 Egypt is demanding that Hamas turn 20 terror suspects before entering into talks on improving relations between the two sides. Egypt provided a list of 20 suspected Islamic State of Iraq and Levant-affiliated (ISIL) terrorists it wants Hamas to hand over. Cairo has rejected Hamas’s offer to hand over […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 9, 2017 Hamas hailed the jihadist who carried out a deadly truck attack in Jerusalem on Jan. 8 as “heroic” and called for continued terror attacks in Israel. “These attacks will continue and any attempt to stop the intifada is doomed to failure,” an official Hamas statement said. Hamas also handed […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 18, 2016 Egypt has for the first time under President Abdul Fatah Sisi allowed the import of cars to the Gaza Strip through the Rafah border crossing. “This is the first time Egypt has permitted the import of new cars since the President Mohammed Morsi era,” a Palestinian official told The […]