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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, meets with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, right, in New York on September 19, 2017 (Avi Ohayun)
September 19, 2017, 11:59 am
Egyptian leader Sissi is showing his mettle by posing with Netanyahu
But as the Cairo leadership builds ties with Israel and fosters Palestinian unity, it is also sidelining Abbas
By Avi Issacharoff
US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley tours a Hamas-dug tunnel near Kibbutz Ein Hashlosha, June 8, 2017 with Israels envoy to the UN, Danny Danon, walking behind her. (IDF)
June 8, 2017, 5:55 pm
Haley tours Hamas-dug tunnel, towns in south, border area with Lebanon in north
Ambassador to UN speaks to residents on life under rocket threat, visits Kerem Shalom border crossing into Palestinian enclave, heads north to Kibbutz Misgav Am
By TOI staff
A Defense Ministry worker displays a wet suit found hidden in a shipment of sporting gear that was bound for the Gaza Strip on April 3, 2017. (Defense Ministry)
April 3, 2017, 4:36 pm
Israel foils attempt to allegedly smuggle scuba gear to Hamas frogmen
Defense Ministry finds dozens of wet suits it says were going to terror group's naval command unit in Gaza Strip
By Judah Ari Gross
Trucks loaded with aid enter the Gaza Strip from Israel through the Kerem Shalom crossing on October 12, 2014, in Rafah in southern Gaza. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
January 22, 2017, 5:15 pm
Keep calm and carry goods: How Israel is keeping truck with Hamas
The protests over electricity in Gaza scared not only Hamas, but also Israel, which fears unrest in the Strip could lead to a new conflict
By Avi Issacharoff
Trucks loaded with aid enter the Gaza Strip from Israel through the Kerem Shalom crossing on October 12, 2014, in Rafah in southern Gaza. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
January 15, 2017, 7:01 pm
Israel foiled 1,226 smuggling attempts at Gaza crossing last year
Defense Ministry notes record number of trucks bringing goods to the Strip, Palestinians entering Israel through checkpoints
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustration. Defense Ministry contractors monitor the transfer of supplies and goods into the Gaza Strip through the Kerem Shalom Crossing on July 19, 2014. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
January 9, 2017, 7:51 pm
Cameras, toy airplanes smuggled into Gaza in TV sets
Shin Bet security service says some of the equipment was delivered to Hamas, could be used for military purposes
By TOI staff
Palestinians wait for a travel permit to cross into Egypt through the Rafah border crossing on November 14, 2016, in the southern Gaza Strip. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
January 7, 2017, 7:52 am
The enemy of my enemy: Egypt thaws toward Hamas
With Gaza rulers fighting Salafists, including IS, a partial reconciliation sees Cairo opening a border crossing to allow goods into the Strip
By Avi Issacharoff
Israeli children run to a bomb shelter during a Color Red alarm warning of incoming rockets from the Gaza Strip, January 8, 2009. (Anna Kaplan/ Flash90)
December 25, 2016, 8:22 am
Rocket sirens sound near Gaza in false alarm
Not immediately clear what caused alert to sound in communities near Palestinian enclave
By TOI staff
Illustrative. An IDF soldier from the 10th division looks through binoculars into Gaza from a nearby Israeli community on August 7, 2014. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
September 25, 2016, 10:40 pm
As Gaza spirals downward, the IDF watches, digs in for the next fight
Palestinians in the Strip facing growing economic despair, arrested reconstruction and no hope for the future, senior officer says
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustration. Defense Ministry contractors monitor the transfer of supplies and goods into the Gaza Strip through the Kerem Shalom Crossing on July 19, 2014. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
September 14, 2016, 1:48 pm
Israeli trio accused of smuggling cars into Gaza
Vehicles intended for use by Hamas fighters would be broken down, hidden in shipments entering Strip, Shin Bet says
By Judah Ari Gross
Mount Harif and the road running along the border between Israel and Egypt. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
September 10, 2016, 6:53 pm
Israel ‘bracing for attack’ by IS in Sinai in next 6 months
Army official tells Telegraph terrorists on southern border are arming themselves with military vehicles, heavy weaponry ahead of likely assault
By TOI staff
Hamas naval commandos, seen in a still image from a propaganda video released by the terror group during Israel's Operation Protective Edge, in the summer of 2014. (Screen capture)
September 4, 2016, 5:58 pm
Gazan man accused of selling scuba gear to Hamas elite unit
Equipment allegedly intended for commando attacks included hundreds of flippers, masks and wet suits
By TOI staff
A smuggled shipment of commando knives intercepted by Israeli officials at the Kerem Shalom Border Crossing between Israel and Gaza on August 9, 2016 (Defense Ministry Crossing Authority)
August 10, 2016, 4:43 pm
Israel intercepts Gaza-bound shipment of commando knives
Border guards at crossing seize professional-grade blades concealed among tools, Defense Ministry says
By Tamar Pileggi
Police outside of the Belgian Prime Minister's Office in Brussels on August 7, 2016. (AFP/Belga/Nicolas Maeterlinck)
August 10, 2016, 2:01 pm
Brussels-bound planes land safely following bomb threats
One aircraft said diverted to Toulouse, France; both inspected for suspicious items after passengers safely removed
By Sara Miller
A picture taken on July 13, 2016 shows buses received on the Palestinian side of the Israeli border terminal of Erez in the Gaza strip in the first such delivery since 2007 (AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS)
July 14, 2016, 6:29 am
Gaza’s Erez crossing begins transfering goods
Kerem Shalom had been sole crossing for merchandise in past 9 years; officials say new policy will improve flow
By AFP
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