Posts Tagged: Gaza border riots
Hamas Probes Israel’s Defenses, Ups Ante With Crossbows
JNS.org - Friday was particularly violent on Israel's border with the Gaza Strip. Around 15,000 people participated in demonstrations in which seven Palestinians were killed...
Israel Reinforces Troops Outside Gaza as Border Riots Enter Seventh Month
Israel said it was reinforcing troops around the Gaza Strip on Thursday as a precaution against incursions by Palestinians during violent riots along its southern...
Palestinians Claim Three Killed as 13,000 Riot on Gaza Border; Israel Retaliates With Tank Fire, Airstrikes on Hamas Positions
Violence erupted on Israel's border with the Gaza Strip over the weekend, with over 13,000 rioters reported in six locations along the border fence and...
Chair of UN Probe of Gaza Border Violence Quits Less Than Month Into Job
Former war crimes prosecutor David Crane, an American who was named only last month to lead a UN investigation into violence in Gaza this year,...
Israel Closes Erez Crossing in Wake of Violent Hamas Riots
JNS.org - Israel’s Defense Ministry has closed the Erez Crossing, the northern entry from Israel into Gaza, following violent riots by Gazans on the border on...
IDF on the Hunt for Gaza Sniper Who Shot Two Soldiers on Border in Recent Weeks
The IDF believes that the same sniper shot two of its soldiers in separate incidents this month on the border with the Gaza Strip. The Hebrew news...
Israel on Fire and The New York Times
“All the News That’s Fit to Print,” the venerable motto of The New York Times ever since publisher Adolph Ochs made it his newspaper’s pledge...
Incendiary Kites Launched From Gaza Spark 20 Fires in Southern Israel
Twenty fires were set off in southern Israel by incendiary kites launched from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on Saturday. According to the Hebrew news site Walla,...
Palestinians Attack Israeli Forces With Guns and Grenades as Gaza Border Riots Continue
Violent riots continued on the Gaza border on Friday, with Israel saying terrorists attacked its forces with guns and grenades. Four Palestinians were killed in...
UK Jewish Groups Slam Corbyn Over Remarks on Gaza Border Deaths
UK Jewish groups have taken Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to task after he called Britain’s lack of support for an independent probe of recent deaths...
Israeli Military Says to Probe Killing of Gaza Nurse
The Israeli military said on Saturday it was investigating the apparent killing by its troops of a Palestinian nurse on Friday during riots along the Gaza...
Palestinian Islamic Jihad Claims Minor, Double Amputee Among Its ‘Mujahedeen’ Killed on Gaza Border
The Iran-backed terrorist group Palestinian Islamic Jihad announced that a minor and a double amputee were among its three fighters who died in clashes on the...
Palestinians in Gaza Threaten Israel, Ahead of ‘Nakba Day’ Riots Hamas Hopes Will Draw 100,000 to Border
Ahead of “Nakba Day,” Palestinians in the Gaza Strip published a video on Sunday calling on Jews to leave Israel by midnight, the Hebrew news...
The Shame of The New York Times
Criticizing Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s “vile words” in his address to the Palestinian National Council, The New York Times' editorial brigade seemed (finally) to have grasped...
