USA Today writes: JALJULIA, Israel — Israeli authorities are increasing security measures in Arab communities as a growing number of Muslims are signing up to fight for the Islamic State across Israel’s northern border with Syria. The Shin Bet, Israel’s security agency, estimates that 50
Ynetnews.com reports: Large numbers of police and security forces on Sunday blocked off the ldharat neighborhood in Arara, where terrorist Nashat Melhem hid from authorities and was ultimately captured and killed. A police helicopter was on the scene and at
The Jerusalem Post reports: Yehiyeh Ayash, the man known as “The Engineer,” was one of the founders of the Izzadin Kassam Brigades, which is the military wing of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. He was also one of the masterminds
TEL AVIV – More and more Palestinian intellectuals, including noted journalists, are speaking out against the participation of children in terror attacks against civilians. The Palestinian leadership has not condemned any of the stabbing or shooting attacks in the latest
TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been instructing high level ministers to take steps to thwart the potential collapse of the Palestinian Authority. In a closed security cabinet meeting on Monday, the prime minister was reported to have said,
TEL AVIV – Despite Hezbollah repeatedly threatening to attack Israel in revenge for the death of terrorist Samir Kuntar, Monday’s attempt at retaliation may show that the Lebanese Shi’ite terror organization, mired in a financial crisis and up to its neck in
A senior IDF officer Saudi news outlet Elaph in a long interview that touched on regional security issues, that the Shi’ite militant group Hezbollah should not make a foolish mistake that will lead to a harsh Israeli reaction which would place
An IDF soldier accused of leaking classified information to right-wing Jewish activists was on Tuesday sentenced to 45 months in jail. Corporal Elad Sela, 26, is a resident of Bat Ayin settlement in Gush Etzion. He has been convicted for
Israeli security forces on Tuesday shot and killed a Palestinian terrorist who stabbed an Israeli soldier in the West Bank, the Israeli military said, as a surge in violence entered its fourth month. The attack occurred at Gush Etzion Junction,
Residents of Tel Aviv’s northern Ramat Aviv neighborhood awoke Monday to another day of intense security and police patrols. It was the fourth consecutive day that law enforcement personnel were out in full force to search for Nashat Melhem (pictured),
An unidentified gunman shot and moderately wounded a female IDF soldier at the Cave of the Patriarchs near the West Bank city of Hebron on Sunday. There were unconfirmed suspicions that the fire was carried out by a sniper from
The Israel Police and the Shin Bet continued their unprecedented search for Nashat Melhem, 29, the suspect in Friday’s shooting in Tel Aviv that claimed the lives of two Israelis and wounded several others. Tel Aviv’s schools will open under
Israel Authorities are expected to release the bodies of more than 20 Palestinian terrorists who were killed while they were carrying out terror attacks, according to a report on Friday. On Thursday, the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah (pictured) rejected German diplomats’ warnings against retaliating for the alleged Israeli assassination of a senior Hezbollah operative near Damascus, Lebanese newspaper Aliwaa reported on Wednesday. According to the report, German diplomats, likely relaying a message directly from Israel, told the Hezbollah leader Israel’s
TEL AVIV – With little fanfare and almost no one in the news media paying careful attention, this year marked a tectonic shift in the dynamics of the so-called Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Indeed, 2015 will become known as the year the highly-controlled Palestinian street largely moved beyond the geopolitics of territory and marched to the tune of religious extremism.
Salafi militants in Gaza have released a video under the banner “prepare us,” in which they call on Islamic State sympathizers and other jihadists to help them “get ready for war in the Holy Land.” The video is the latest
Israel beefed up security along the Lebanese border, after Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah vowed to avenge the assassination of Samir Kuntar, Israeli media reported on Monday. According to Wallanews, local farmers near the scenic, predominantly rural border said it was the most security presence
Foreign Ministry Director-General Dore Gold confirmed to a Saudi-owned website on Monday that the IDF thwarted attempts to transfer advanced anti-aircraft missiles to Hezbollah. This is the first time an Israeli official makes such a statement not under the cover
TEL AVIV – A German journalist who spent days with the Islamic State said that the only country in the Middle East that the jihadists fear is Israel because they know that the Jewish state’s “army is too strong for them.” In
Well before the latest threat from Islamic State, Israel’s military had stepped up intelligence and preparedness efforts with the militant group in mind. In particular, Israeli forces are keeping an eye on Islamic State’s branch in Egypt’s lawless Sinai peninsula,
Israel’s missile defense director has been dismissed for a “grave breach of information security”, his ministry said on Sunday, a setback for U.S.-backed projects the country deems crucial for any future war with Iran or its allies. In a statement,
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who often uses the opening of the weekly cabinet meeting to comment on hot topics on the national agenda, made no mention Sunday of the killing in Syria of Lebanese terrorist Samir Kuntar. While Netanyahu didn’t
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli police say a Palestinian was shot and wounded after attempting to ram his car into troops at a West Bank checkpoint. The man was then arrested. Police spokeswoman Luba Samri says the assailant sped
NABLUS (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) (AFP) – A Palestinian ran toward Israeli security forces brandishing a knife in the northern West Bank Thursday before being shot dead, the Israeli army said, the latest in more than two months of attacks. “During routine security
Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal praised the recent outbreak of Palestinian terror attacks on Israelis, calling the stabbers “the most exalted, noblest of people,” and said that Palestinians have come to realize that the peace process is futile and that only the path
Israeli security forces shot dead two Palestinians who tried to ram them with their cars during an arrest raid in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, the Israeli army and police and Palestinian medical sources said. Soldiers shot and killed
GENEVA (AFP) – The UN voiced deep concern Tuesday over an “unacceptable” wave of Palestinians attacking Israelis, but also slammed Israeli authorities’ reported “excessive use of force” in response to the attacks. “We continue to be gravely concerned at the unrelenting
TEL AVIV – A new video making the rounds on Facebook features a little Palestinian girl holding a large knife and demonstrating how to stab Israelis, Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) reported. The video, which originally appeared on the Facebook page
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu named his top national security adviser Yossi Cohen on Monday to head the Mossad intelligence agency. Cohen, a former Mossad operative, has been Netanyahu’s top security adviser for the past two years. He will replace
The IDF, guided intelligence from the Shin Bet domestic intelligence agency, raided a hotel in Ramallah overnight between Monday and Tuesday, arresting a man suspected of taking part in an attempted stabbing on October 30 at Tapuah Junction. The suspect,
Following the shooting by a member of Palestinian security forces on Israel Defense Forces soldiers last week, an expert on Arab and Middle East affairs predicts the disintegration of the Palestinian Authority (PA), the rise of Hamas, and the recapture
An Islamic State (IS) attack in Israel is a matter of time, an Israeli official warned this week, pointing to the increasing global reach of the jihadist group. The senior defense official said that Russian and coalition airstrikes on IS
TEL AVIV – Hamas is in the process of building a sophisticated network of tunnels beneath the Gaza Strip, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the issue speaking to Breitbart Jerusalem. The tunnel infrastructure mirrors the network built by Hezbollah in Lebanon.
IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot made a secret visit to Brussels on Monday, several days after Belgium, which is facing the threat of terror attacks, went on high alert and declared a state of emergency in its capital city.
The Israeli military believes the current wave of lethal violence with Palestinians, which has claimed over 100 lives on both sides in the last two months, will continue in the coming months amid the risk of a further serious escalation.
Israel has issued an unusually blunt warning against proposals to restructure the U.S.-led peacekeeping force in the Egyptian Sinai next door, saying any drawdown of the foreign troops would “reward terrorism”. Installed to monitor the demilitarization of the Sinai under
