Gaza terrorists

May 6, 2019, 2:03 am

21-year-old Israeli-American killed in Ashdod rocket attack laid to rest

‘I don’t understand why this is happening, but I am sure that you have fulfilled your purpose on this earth,’ says Pinchas Menachem Prezuazman’s father as he is laid to rest

By TOI staff

Illustrative: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with IDF chief Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz (standing directly behind him) and then-defense minister Moshe Ya'alon (seated right), monitoring IDF ground operations in Gaza during a meeting at the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv on July 18, 2014. (Haim Zach/GPO/Flash90)

March 15, 2019, 1:27 am

Rocket fire on Tel Aviv pushes Gaza to center stage in Israel’s elections

Until now, candidates traded accusations of corruption, racism and incompetence, but mostly ignored the volatile situation in the Hamas-run Strip. That changed on Thursday night

By Raphael Ahren

The Hezbollah-affiliated al-Mayadeen television channel airs footage of an Israeli soldier removing a flag from the Gaza security fence, which contained a tripwire that set off a bomb moments later, on February 17, 2018. (Screen capture)

November 13, 2018, 2:08 pm

Video emerges of February attack on soldiers along Gaza border

Footage of bombing, which seriously wounded 2 servicemen, broadcast by Lebanese outlet Tuesday, amid massive violent outbreak between Israel and Hamas

By Judah Ari Gross

Smoke rises from an explosion caused by an Israeli airstrike on Gaza City, early Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018 (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

October 27, 2018, 6:40 am

IDF strikes 80 Gaza targets overnight in response to multiple rocket barrages

Army says 30 projectiles fired at Israel Friday night; sirens blare once more on Saturday morning; Iron Dome intercepts 10 rockets, the rest cause no damage

By TOI staff and Jacob Magid

Fighters from the Islamic Jihad terror group march during a military drill near the border with Israel, east of the town of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, on March 27, 2018. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

September 28, 2018, 3:44 am

Palestinian Islamic Jihad chooses new leader, remains close to Iran

Syria-based Ziad al-Nakhala will take over as terror group’s secretary general from Ramadan Shalah, who is believed to be in a coma after an unknown illness

By Agencies

United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov speaks at a press conference during a visit to the Gaza Strip on July 15, 2018. (Wissam Nassar/Flash90)

August 2, 2018, 5:46 pm

Security cabinet to meet Sunday as Gaza ceasefire deal takes shape

Ministers to meet on plan by UN peace envoy, which aims for end to Palestinian airborne arson attacks and border violence, in return for Israel reopening border crossing to goods

By TOI staff

From right, Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot, Military Secretary to the Prime Minister Brig. Gen. Eliezer Toledano and head of the Shin Bet Nadav Argaman speak during a visit to the IDF's Gaza Division on July 17, 2018, amid an increase in violence from the Gaza Strip. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

August 2, 2018, 1:17 pm

PM scraps upcoming Colombia trip, citing volatile situation in the south

Netanyahu had planned to attend inauguration of new pro-Israel president Iván Duque and meet other regional leaders

By Raphael Ahren

United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks during a UN Security Council emergency session on Israel-Gaza conflict at United Nations headquarter on May 30, 2018 in New York City. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images/AFP)

May 31, 2018, 12:37 am

US blasts Security Council as measure condemning Hamas blocked

Kuwait says its resolution calling for protection of Palestinians is more relevant than US draft on rocket attacks; Haley calls failure to condemn ‘outrageous’

By Eric Cortellessa and AFP

Czech Republic's Foreign Minister Martin Stropnicky arrives for a press conference in Prague, Czech Republic, March 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

May 24, 2018, 3:02 pm

Czech FM: Hamas alone responsible for deadly Gaza violence

In rare European expression of support for Israel, Martin Stropnický says attempts to breach border fence can be seen as ‘terrorism’

By Raphael Ahren

A military helicopter carrying IDF soldiers wounded in an explosion during a patrol along the Gaza border arrives at Beersheba's Soroka Medical Center on February 17, 2018. (Screen capture; Twitter)

February 17, 2018, 8:17 pm

Netanyahu vows Israel will respond to Gaza bombing as IAF hits targets in Strip

Minutes after PM’s comments, IDF hits six targets in Strip; 4 soldiers wounded, two seriously, as bomb goes off next to patrol removing a flag from the border fence

By TOI staff

Israeli troops and first responders at the Gaza border following an explosion that targeted an IDF patrol, February 17, 2018 (Hadashot news screenshot)

February 17, 2018, 4:29 pm

Four soldiers wounded, two seriously by bomb targeting Gaza border patrol

Troops were removing a flag from border fence when blast occurred; IDF tank hits observation post; Netanyahu promises ‘we will respond appropriately’

By TOI staff

Young Palestinians take part in a military graduation ceremony at a Hamas summer camp in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on August 18, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / SAID KHATIB)

August 18, 2017, 10:23 pm

Hamas summer camp teaches youths to ‘liberate Palestine’

1,000 Gaza youngsters jump through fiery hoops, train with live fire for their graduation ceremony

By AFP

In this Sept. 8, 2016 file photo, heavy machinery works on a massive underground barrier that is expected to stretch along the entire 60-kilometer (40-mile) border when it is complete, on the Israeli side of the border with Gaza. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov, File)

August 16, 2017, 3:57 pm

Underground barrier credited with growth in Israeli towns near Gaza

With attack tunnel threat being dealt with, communities outside the Strip are seeing a population surge, official says

By Agencies and TOI staff

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, right, and Mohammad Dahlan, left, leave a news conference in Egypt, in February 2007. (AP/Amr Nabil)

July 4, 2017, 6:43 pm

‘Three-state’ reality emerges as Hamas-Dahlan leadership takes shape in Gaza

Political reconciliation in Strip likely to defer war with Israel in short term, but lead to deadlier confrontation later

By Avi Issacharoff

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas gestures after delivering a speech on the second day of the 7th Fatah Congress in the West Bank city of Ramallah on November 30, 2016. (AFP/Abbas Momani)

July 4, 2017, 4:05 pm

Prodding Hamas, Abbas fires 6,145 PA employees in Gaza

Ramallah spokesperson says measure part of ‘national strategy’ to force terror group to cede control of Strip

By Dov Lieber