A drop in attacks in Israel reflects months of counter-terrorism operations and intelligence; while the threat has not vanished, it has receded compared to the peak of the terror wave this spring.
While the perpetrators of two recent deadly attacks in Israel pledged allegiance to ISIS, certain experts believe different terror organizations are directing the atrocities.
Resolutions such as the one taken by the European Parliament are the kind that give the enemies of peace in the Middle East -- apparently including the European Parliament -- ammunition to keep fighting to achieve their goal of destroying Israel.
This is not a 'right-left' issue and it’s not even an Israeli-Palestinian issue. It’s much deeper and more important than that, explains Honest Reporting CEO Daniel Pomerantz.
'A number of Zionist prisoners and soldiers’ [bodies]' refers to Hamas holding Israeli hostages Avraham Mengistu and Hisham Al-Sayed and the bodies of soldiers Oron Shaul and Hadar Goldin.
The IDF 'will not accept a situation in which the terrorist organizations are working against the Israeli home front' and 'will continue to respond strongly to terrorist acts from the Gaza Strip.'
In 1987, six Palestinian security prisoners escaped an Israeli prison, an incident that a former Arab affairs adviser said was one of the catalysts for the outbreak of the First Intifada.
An analysis of the names of the 234 Gazans killed in the airstrikes shows that at least 112 of them, 48%, belonged to terrorist organizations, a combatant vs. civilian ratio of 1:1.
'Abu Al-Bahaa,' a commander in Islamic Jihad’s Al-Quds Brigades Commando Unit, said that the Gaza tunnels will be the graveyard of the 'soldiers of the occupation.'
Hamas will be made to 'pay the price' after firing hundreds of rockets at Israel in the last two days, resulting in injuries and deaths, says IDF spokesperson.
"We thwarted three Hamas operatives. We are heading for days of fighting for Hamas to feel the powerful arm of the army. Our response will be sharp," IDF Spokesman stated.
The Qatari state-sponsored network 'forgets' to let its audience know that a hunger-striking Palestinian prisoner is actually a known Islamic Jihad terrorist.
In its report on the IDF's elimination of Baha Abu al-Ata, the NY Times apparently scrubbed information about Islamic Jihad's terror designation, notes CAMERA.
Israel is under intense attack following the assassination of Palestinian Islamic Jihad commander Baha Abu Al Ata in Gaza by the IDF on Tuesday morning.
School was canceled and businesses shut down in most of the south and in the Tel Aviv area. Ben Gurion International Airport has been placed on high alert.
The time has arrived to address the facts on the ground: two of the most powerful factions in Palestinian society are clear-cut terror groups seeking death, destruction, and the elimination of the Jewish state in any form.
Instead of condemning terrorists who fired hundreds of rockets on Israeli civilians, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas thew his support behind the war criminals that launched this onslaught.
For Palestinian terror groups, the expression 'women and children first' has nothing to do with protecting the vulnerable, and everything to do with forcing the defenseless into serving as human shields.
Research reveals that 150 of the 187 Gazans killed during the 'March of Return' riots on the border with Israel were affiliated with Hamas or other Palestinian terrorist organizations.
Ayatollah Khamenei accused the US and other Western countries of actively plotting to destroy Islamic civilization, while Iran provides pivotal support for the ongoing Palestinian war against Israel.