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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 373

Khaled Al-Batsh

Lights are turned on at a Beersheba nightclub Friday night, November 15, 2019, as rocket sirens go off in the city. Two rockets fired at the southern city were intercepted by Iron Dome (video screenshot)
November 16, 2019, 5:30 pm
Israel said to believe Hamas leadership did not okay rocket fire at Beersheba
Security officials reportedly think terror operatives acted independently; Pompeo: Iran’s use of Islamic Jihad to strike our ally shows its desire to destabilize region
By ToI Staff
Fighters from the Al-Quds Brigades, the Islamic Jihad terror group's military wing, take part in a military march in the town of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on November 15, 2018. (Abed Rahim Khatib/ Flash90)
May 11, 2019, 2:51 pm
Islamic Jihad leader warns of escalation if Israel doesn’t meet understandings
Khaled al-Batsh says his terror group can ‘obligate’ Israel to fulfill its side of a truce agreement brokered by UN, Egypt and Qatar
By ToI Staff
A Palestinian woman carries her national flag during a protest for lifting the Israeli blockade on Gaza on a beach in Beit Lahia near the maritime border with Israel, on September 17, 2018. (AFP/Said Khatib)
October 19, 2018, 12:31 pm
Terror leader tells Gazans to keep border protests nonviolent after flareup
Organizer of ‘March of Return’ says Friday demonstrations along security fence is about ‘masses gathering in a peaceful manner,’ not clashes with Israeli troops
By Judah Ari Gross
Terrorists from the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine attend the funeral of fellow members killed in an Israeli operation to blow up a tunnel stretching from the Gaza Strip into Israel during their funeral at the Bureij refugee camp, in central Gaza, on October 31, 2017. (MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)
October 31, 2017, 6:16 pm
Exploded tunnel was dug for soldier abductions, Gaza terror leader says
Islamic Jihad chief Batsh vows to build another passage into Israel in order to snag bargaining chips for a prisoner swaps
By Dov Lieber
Palestinian Islamic Jihad supporters celebrate what they said was a victory over Israel in Gaza City, August 29, 2014 (Emad Nassar/Flash90)
May 26, 2015, 1:04 pm
Iran said to pull Islamic Jihad’s funding over group’s neutrality on Yemen
Gaza operatives haven’t received salaries in months as Tehran moves to back rival organization, reports say
By Elhanan Miller
A photograph taken of a meeting attended by senior members of Fatah, Hamas, and Islamic Jihad that was held in the United Arab Emirates, around the end of 2014.
February 4, 2015, 6:30 pm
UAE funnels funds to Gaza through Abbas rival, miffing PA
Mohammed Dahlan, considered a powerful potential challenger to PA president, has been courting Hamas
By Avi Issacharoff
Palestinian supporters of Islamic Jihad take part in an anti-Israel protest against the recent visits by Jewish activists to the Temple Mount compound, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, November 7, 2014 (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
November 26, 2014, 8:20 pm
Islamic Jihad threatens Israel over glacial pace of reconstruction
Terror chief says his group, an Iranian-backed Islamist organization, is stronger now than before Operation Protective Edge
By Elhanan Miller
Smoke trails mark the path of Palestinian missiles fired from the northeast of Gaza City on August 21, 2014 (AFP/ROBERTO SCHMIDT)
August 25, 2014, 11:38 am
Egyptian truce bid said to garner Israeli consent
Islamic Jihad officials say Cairo set to announce ceasefire in the coming hours, but Hamas has yet to confirm deal
By Adiv Sterman and Marissa Newman
Hamas supporters at a demonstration in the West Bank city of Nablus on Friday, Aug. 15, 2014 (photo credit: AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)
August 15, 2014, 8:20 pm
Hamas says Egypt ceasefire deal gives Israel ‘upper hand’
Unclear if Gaza’s Islamist rulers will accept 11-point Cairo document, which provides for supervised easing of blockade, pushes off talks on seaport, airport
By ToI Staff and AP
Palestinian boys with Hamas supporters hold toy guns and shout slogans during a demonstration in the West Bank city of Nablus on Friday, Aug. 15, 2014. (photo credit: AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)
August 15, 2014, 7:54 pm
Hamas may accept Egypt ceasefire deal, though it gives Israel ‘upper hand’
11-point Cairo document, leaked to Egyptian media, provides for supervised easing of blockade, pushes off talks on seaport, airport
By ToI Staff and AP
Hamas deputy leader Moussa Abu Marzouk (center) shakes hands with the head of the Palestinian delegation Azzam al-Ahmad (left) upon their arrival at a Cairo hotel after a meeting with senior Egyptian intelligence officials, August 11, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Khaled Desouki)
August 15, 2014, 10:10 am
Some Palestinian leaders signal end to hostilities in Gaza
Islamic Jihad, Hamas officials weighing long-term deal even if agreement isn’t reached by Monday’s truce expiration
By ToI Staff and AP
Islamic Jihad members in Gaza (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
December 10, 2012, 9:52 am
Islamic Jihad threatens to end ceasefire with Israel if leader banned from Gaza
Group said to have canceled Ramadan Shalah’s visit alongside Hamas leader Mashaal due to Israeli assassination threats
By ToI Staff
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh (right) and Islamic Jihad leader Sheik Nafez Azzam in 2008. (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash 90)
From the WebApril 27, 2012, 6:22 pm
Gaza leaders: Abduct Israelis to free prisoners
Reuters: Kidnappings will secure freedom of Palestinian prisoners, senior Islamic Jihad member tells crowd at rally
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