Israel’s Iron Dome interceptor system shot down 97 percent of the Palestinian rockets it engaged over the weekend, the military said, an improvement over the US-backed system’s performance, Reuters reported. Iron Dome, which first went live in 2011 and fires guided missiles to hit incoming missiles and other short-range threats in the air, has been […]
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US ‘supports Israel’s right to self-defense’ and calls for de-escalation
The United States fully supports Israel’s right to self-defense, the State Department said Saturday, urging all sides to avoid further escalation as Israeli airstrikes pounded Gaza and the Islamic Jihad group fired rockets at Israel. At least 24 Palestinians, including six children, have been killed and another 203 injured during Israeli attacks in the past […]
Gaza Strip: Leader of Islamic Jihad Killed in Airstrike
LAST UPDATE: 08:40 Top military leaders of the Islamic Jihad group in Gaza have been “neutralized” over the past two days during Israeli military raids against the Palestinian group, according to the operation’s chief. “The senior leadership of the military wing of Islamic Jihad in Gaza has been neutralized,” Oded Basiok, the Israeli army’s (IDF) […]
Russia expresses ‘deep concern’ over the escalation in the Gaza Strip
Moscow today expressed “deep concern” over the exchange of fire between the Israeli army and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip, calling on both sides to show restraint. “We observe with deep concern the development of events, which may lead to a resumption of a large-scale military conflict and further worsen the already […]
Revolutionary Guards threaten Israel with ‘high price’ for Gaza shelling
The commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said today that Israel will pay a heavy price for its latest attacks against Palestinians in Gaza, Reuters reported, citing Iranian state television. “The Israelis will pay yet another heavy price for their recent crime,” Lt. Gen. Hossein Salami said, referring to Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, as he met […]
Israel: Army raids will last a week
LAST UPDATE: 14:08 Israel’s military announced today that it is preparing to carry out raids that will last “a week” in the Gaza Strip, where it is stepping up its strikes against the Islamic Jihad militant group. A military spokesman said the army was “preparing for a week-long operation” and “is not currently negotiating a […]
Israel: Army raids will last a week – Sirens sounded in Israel
LAST UPDATE: 18:37 Israel’s military announced today that it is preparing to carry out raids that will last “a week” in the Gaza Strip, where it is stepping up its strikes against the Islamic Jihad militant group. A military spokesman said the army was “preparing for a week-long operation” and “is not currently negotiating a […]
Israel-Palestine: For the second day, the clashes continue with airstrikes and rockets
Israeli jets pounded Gaza and Palestinian militants fired rockets at Israeli towns today as clashes continued for a second day after more than a year of relative calm in the region. Israel announced yesterday that it had launched a special operation against the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group, killing one of its top operatives in a […]
Israel: Raids in Gaza are an operation ‘against an immediate threat’, says Lapid
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid said the Israeli military was conducting an operation “against an immediate threat” after strikes targeting the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip. “Israel conducted a precision counter-terrorist operation against an immediate threat,” Lampid said on television. “Islamic Jihad is a proxy for Iran that wants to destroy […]
Saudi Arabia: Opened its airspace to flights to and from Israel
Saudi Arabia recently opened its airspace to flights to and from Israel for the first time since announcing the lifting of the ban in the middle of last month. The first aircraft to fly over Saudi Arabia, having secured Riyadh’s permission, belongs to Air Seychelles. The flight to the Indian Ocean island nation departed from […]