Posts Tagged: tunnels
Hamas Says Fighters Holed Up in Rafah Will Not Surrender
Hamas fighters holed up in the Israeli-held Rafah area of Gaza will not surrender to Israel, the group's armed wing said on Sunday, urging mediators...
Sinwar Agonistes
JNS.org - Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, mastermind behind the Oct. 7 invasion of Israel and the worst single-day slaughter of Jews since the Holocaust, is...
IDF Dismisses Report Citing Generals Say Saving Hostages, Destroying Hamas Are Incompatible
i24 News - Israel's stated dual goals of freeing the hostages and eliminating Hamas are now mutually incompatible, several senior Israel Defense Forces leaders told...
Israel Says It Uncovered 800 Shafts to Hamas Tunnels Below Gaza
Israeli forces have found 800 shafts leading to Hamas' vast subterranean network of tunnels and bunkers since a Gaza ground operation began on Oct 27,...
Hamas’ Systematic Use of Civilians to Promote Terrorism
Since seizing power in a 2007 violent coup, Hamas has developed a range of cynical ways to exploit civilians in the Gaza Strip to build...
Why Egypt Works to Curb Hamas’ Influence in Gaza
Egypt's relations with Hamas have always been turbulent. Hamas was formed in 1987 as a Palestinian offshoot of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood; Egypt considers the...
Hamas Diverts Most of Civilian Cement Sent to Gaza for Terror Activities
Hamas is stealing nearly all of the cement that Israel sends into Gaza for civilian reconstruction efforts, in order to rebuild the organization's terrorist infrastructure,...
The Situation in Gaza Is a Ticking Time Bomb
On the surface, the Gaza Strip looks relatively calm, with few security incidents occurring since the end of the 2014 summer conflict between Hamas and...
IDF Racing to Restructure for New Middle East Warfare
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is in a race against time, and their race is also relevant to how other Western powers will deal with the...
Hints by Security Officials Support Palestinian Suspicions of Israeli Hand in Hamas Tunnel Collapses
Comments made by the head of the IDF at a conference in Herzliya on Tuesday enhanced Palestinian suspicions that Israel was behind the collapse over the past...
Egyptian Army Discovers, Destroys Gaza Smuggling Tunnels
The Egyptian military destroyed tunnels used for the smuggling of contraband into the Gaza Strip, the Saudi-owned pan-Arab outlet Al Arabiya reported on Wednesday. Brigadier General Mohamed...
Israeli Opposition Leader Lashes Out at Netanyahu Government for ‘Inaction’ on Hamas Tunnels
The leader of Israel's opposition sharply criticized what it called the government’s inaction with regard to Hamas’ renewed tunnel activity on the Gaza border, the Hebrew news...
Report: Hamas Accelerating Its Tunnel-Digging Operations Toward Israeli Border Towns
Hamas has accelerated its tunnel-building operations near the Gaza border towards Israeli towns and villages, Israeli military officials said according to Walla news. Less than two years after Israel delivered Hamas' tunnel...
Report: Egypt Digging Massive Water Reservoirs to Destroy Smuggling Tunnels Running Into Gaza
The Egyptian army has begun digging deep water reservoirs to be used for fish farming along the country's border with Gaza in order to combat and...
