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Israel will not release the 46 arrested prisoners released in the Shalit deal, nor will Israel release prisoners with blood on their hands.

Al-Akhbar cites sources in Hamas that reject the free harbor idea if it includes continued Israeli inspections.

For future reference, keep this in mind: we will know that the IDF is serious about stopping Hamas when Arabs start getting killed in those attacks (God forbid).

Israeli fighter pilots also carried out three air strikes in response to the ongoing arson kite and balloon bomb attacks emanating from Gaza.

The Code Red rocket alert sirens were triggered on the second night of Prince William's three-day visit to Israel.

“The arson attacks are a deliberate act of terrorism carried out by Hamas against Israeli civilians, farmlands and nature.”

Moscow maintains regular contacts with Hamas, and the latest visit to Russia of a Hamas delegation was in March 2018.

"Arson kites are made by Hamas terror operatives in large quantities and in an organized manner."

Rafael's new system has been locating balloons and kites and alerting rescue teams about their calculated trajectory so they can arrive at the landing sites and minimize the damage.

As of June 21, 2018 more than 400 fires have been started in southern Israeli agricultural fields, nature reserves and forestlands as a result of these arson balloons.

His niece had died of a blood disease, apparently similar to the one that caused the death of her baby brother, Salim al-Ghandour, in 2017, when he was about her age.

Meanwhile, the IDF is preparing for a a large-scale operation in the Gaza Strip, in case it receives the order, including a wide deployment of additional Iron Dome systems in the south.

"We are prepared for any scenario and our enemies would do well to understand this - now."

"They misunderstand us, and this could lead to a deterioration, at the end of which we would be back inside the Gaza Strip and they would realize they had made a mistake."

The attacks came in retaliation for numerous barrages of rocket attacks launched from Gaza at southern Israel.

Hamas attempted to justify its rocket attacks based on the IDF retaliation for Gaza's ongoing arson terror attacks.

The Code Red incoming rocket siren was triggered overnight repeatedlyTuesday after midnight.

Arab media reported the Izz a-Din al-Qassam military wing of Hamas claimed responsibility for Tuesday night's rocket fire at Israel.

Firefighting crews once again spent most of the day working the various fire sites.

Gaza border Israelis shared how much they resented the statements made to them by a military official that a harsh response would lead to war, so retaliations must remain tepid.

Two rockets landed within Israeli territory. A third rocket didn't clear the border and landed within Gaza territory, according to the IDF.

Three fires raged in the Kissufim Forest in the northwestern Negev; one erupted on the Gaza border.

Red Alert rocket sirens yanked Israeli families out of their beds at 4:40 am and again at around 5:15 am.

One has to consider whether any energy project for Gaza makes sense, given the proclivity of the enclave's ruling Hamas terrorist organization for destroying infrastructure intended to improve residents' lives.

The kibbutz is located very close to the Gaza border with the central Gaza community of Khan Younis, and relies a great deal on turkey and dairy farming.

Damage to Israeli agriculture is estimated at approximately $1.4 million so far, not including damage to forestland and the ecology.

The terrorist network planned a bombing in Tel Aviv, attacks in Jerusalem, a bombing in the Itamar settlement and shooting attacks in the Samaria region.

Heniyeh blessed Tibi in honor of the Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday.

Police remind civilians to call the police if they come across an unknown kite or balloon.

The Hamas attack would coincide with Eid al-Fitr, the Muslim holiday marking the end of Ramadan.