June 8, 2017
12:48 pm

Weapons manufacturing equipment seized by security forces in the West Bank, June 8, 2017. (IDF spokesperson)

IDF shuts down weapons workshop in West Bank

7 suspects arrested in overnight raids; Hamas commander dies in Gaza Strip explosion

By Stuart Winer

June 8, 2017
1:01 am

A file picture taken on January 29, 2015, shows Palestinian youth showing their skills during a graduation ceremony as part of a training camp run by the Hamas movement in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip. (AFP photo/Said Khatib)

Hamas commander said killed in Gaza explosion

Group gives no info on circumstances of blast in Rafah, which may have been an operational accident

By Times of Israel staff

April 26, 2017
3:49 pm

Palestinian youth show their skills during a graduation ceremony as part of a training camp run by the Hamas movement on January 29, 2015 in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip. (AFP photo/Said Khatib)

Explosion in Gaza injures 2 at reported Hamas military site

One man critical, another moderately hurt in second such incident this month

By Dov Lieber

April 25, 2017
10:48 pm

In this Nov. 6, 2014, file photo, an Egyptian armored vehicle is seen on the Egyptian side of the border across from Rafah in north Sinai. (Ahmed Abd El Latif, El Shorouk Newspaper/AP)

Suicide bomber kills 4 Bedouin in Egypt’s Sinai

Islamic State attacker drives explosive-filled car into checkpoint, near Rafah, manned by members of Tarabeen tribe

By Agencies

April 17, 2017
8:49 am

Palestinian terrorists from the Islamic Jihad's armed wing, the Al-Quds Brigades, squat in a tunnel, used for ferrying rockets and mortars back and forth in preparation for the next conflict with Israel, as they take part in military training in the south of the Gaza Strip on March 3, 2015. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)

Hamas operative killed in Gaza tunnel collapse

Member of terror group dies in cave-in, a common occurrence during digging and repair work in underground smuggling and attack shafts

By Times of Israel staff

April 3, 2017
12:10 pm

Explosion in Gaza injures 3 at reported Hamas military site

Online pictures show black smoke rising near Rafah from apparent training accident

By Dov Lieber

March 22, 2017
3:25 am

Illustrative: Israeli forces next to the security fence on the border between Israel and southern Gaza Strip. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Gazan, 18, said killed by IDF while approaching border fence

Another two Palestinians reportedly hurt by tank fire near Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip

By Judah Ari Gross and Times of Israel staff

March 18, 2017
8:56 pm

Illustrative image taken from a video clip released by the Sinai affiliate of the Islamic State group on August 1, 2016. (MEMRI)

Islamic State claims Israel bombed its members in Sinai

Amaq news agency reports Israeli planes hit jihadist group near Rafah on Thursday

By Times of Israel staff

February 27, 2017
1:36 pm

Palestinians drive on a road as smoke billows, in the background, following an Israeli airstrike on Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip on February 27, 2017. (AFP/SAID KHATIB)

Israeli jets hit Gaza after overnight rocket attack

Four Palestinians reported wounded as air force bombs several targets throughout Strip; army says it hit ‘5 Hamas positions’

By Judah Ari Gross and Sue Surkes

February 25, 2017
5:37 pm

In this Monday, September 30, 2013 file photo, a Palestinian worker rests inside a smuggling tunnel in Rafah, on the border between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip. (AP/Hatem Moussa)

Hamas blames Egypt for deaths of 3 from toxic gas in Gaza tunnel

Five others injured in digging accident on Rafah border while attempting to fix a shaft destroyed by the Egyptian army

By Itamar Sharon and Times of Israel staff

February 25, 2017
9:13 am

Three die in Gaza tunnel after inhaling gas

Five others injured in digging accident on Rafah border while attempting to fix a shaft destroyed by the Egyptian army

By Itamar Sharon

February 19, 2017
11:43 pm

Illustrative. Smoke rises after a house was blown up in a military operation in Egypt's Sinai peninsula on November 20, 2014. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Islamic State claims five members killed in Israeli drone strike

Terror group says cell targeted Saturday in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula; no immediate comment from IDF

By Times of Israel staff

February 13, 2017
3:17 pm

A Palestinian youth crawls in a tunnel during a graduation ceremony for a training camp run by the Hamas movement on January 29, 2015, in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip. (AFP photo/Said Khatib)

Hamas member dies in tunnel collapse

Ahmad Asa’ad Shahada, 23, becomes 24th Qassam Brigades man accidentally killed since last year

By Dov Lieber

February 9, 2017
7:15 pm

Ramadan Edwan, a Palestinian barber, uses fire in a hair-straightening technique with a client at his salon in the Rafah refugee camp, in the southern Gaza Strip on February 1, 2017. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)

Gaza barber using a blow torch to fire up his customers

In a first in the Strip, Ramadan Edwan’s salon uses flames to straighten hair and signal his prowess

By Times of Israel staff

February 7, 2017
9:00 pm

Members of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the Hamas military wing, attend a memorial for Mohamed Zouari in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah on January 31, 2017, (AFP Photo/Said Khatib)

Elite Hamas fighters defecting to Islamic State

Despite losing a number of its top commandos, the Gaza-based terror organization continues to work with IS on smuggling, other fields

By Avi Issacharoff

Topic: Rafah

IDF shuts down weapons workshop in West Bank

7 suspects arrested in overnight raids; Hamas commander dies in Gaza Strip explosion

Hamas commander said killed in Gaza explosion

Group gives no info on circumstances of blast in Rafah, which may have been an operational accident

Explosion in Gaza injures 2 at reported Hamas military site

One man critical, another moderately hurt in second such incident this month

Suicide bomber kills 4 Bedouin in Egypt’s Sinai

Islamic State attacker drives explosive-filled car into checkpoint, near Rafah, manned by members of Tarabeen tribe

Hamas operative killed in Gaza tunnel collapse

Member of terror group dies in cave-in, a common occurrence during digging and repair work in underground smuggling and attack shafts

Explosion in Gaza injures 3 at reported Hamas military site

Online pictures show black smoke rising near Rafah from apparent training accident

Gazan, 18, said killed by IDF while approaching border fence

Another two Palestinians reportedly hurt by tank fire near Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip

Islamic State claims Israel bombed its members in Sinai

Amaq news agency reports Israeli planes hit jihadist group near Rafah on Thursday

Israeli jets hit Gaza after overnight rocket attack

Four Palestinians reported wounded as air force bombs several targets throughout Strip; army says it hit ‘5 Hamas positions’

Hamas blames Egypt for deaths of 3 from toxic gas in Gaza tunnel

Five others injured in digging accident on Rafah border while attempting to fix a shaft destroyed by the Egyptian army

Three die in Gaza tunnel after inhaling gas

Five others injured in digging accident on Rafah border while attempting to fix a shaft destroyed by the Egyptian army

Islamic State claims five members killed in Israeli drone strike

Terror group says cell targeted Saturday in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula; no immediate comment from IDF

Hamas member dies in tunnel collapse

Ahmad Asa’ad Shahada, 23, becomes 24th Qassam Brigades man accidentally killed since last year

Gaza barber using a blow torch to fire up his customers

In a first in the Strip, Ramadan Edwan’s salon uses flames to straighten hair and signal his prowess

Elite Hamas fighters defecting to Islamic State

Despite losing a number of its top commandos, the Gaza-based terror organization continues to work with IS on smuggling, other fields

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