While Hamas last launched a full-scale war against Israel in 2014, it has continued to test-fire rockets and develop military capabilities including digging terror tunnels throughout Gaza and training a new generation of terrorists - all in preparation for another attack on Israel.

The death of a Palestinian terrorist holed up in the Palestinian embassy in Bulgaria has sparked speculation over the circumstances that led to his death. Israeli denies any connection.

Dozens of former Palestinian security prisoners released as part of the Gilad Shalit deal are trying to form new terrorist cells in Judea and Samaria and eastern Jerusalem, with the purpose of carrying out suicide attacks against Israelis.

The US State Department added four Palestinian terrorists to its "Specially Designated Global Terrorist" list, which prohibits any financial transactions on their behalf.

An IDF prosecutor filed indictments against seven Palestinians in the murders of Danny Gonen and Malachi Rosenfeld in June. One terrorist had been released in the 2011 Shalit deal.

Freed terrorists who have retaken up their battle against Israel are being sent back to prison.

Israeli security forces were successful in apprehending a terror cell that carried out several terror attacks, including the murder of Danny Gonen.

Israel contacted Hamas via a European mediator in an effort to retrieve the bodies of two IDF soldiers killed in last summer's war, but Hamas refused to comply.

Hamas terrorist Ibrahim al-Akari rammed his van into pedestrians in Jerusalem Wednesday morning, murdering one civilian and wounding 13 others, two critically.

On the sixth day of Operation Protective Edge, Israel remains determined to neutralize the terrorist infrastructure in Gaza.