Tag: Beit Lahiya

At least two missiles were fired in the strike, which followed a rocket attack on southern Israel a few hours earlier in the evening.

The terrorist targets included a Hamas headquarters building, the Hamas Internal Security Ministry, and the office of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh.

"The [Hamas] battalion command’s entire infrastructure has been destroyed, vaporized, turned into a giant hole."

The dead terrorist, Muhammad Nimer Makadma, 50, was a member of the Izz a-Din al-Qassam military wing of Gaza’s ruling Hamas terror group.

Islamic Jihad blamed the IDF, but the IDF says they weren't involved in the explosion.

"It is important to open the closures . . . It is important to avoid the buildup of the militantism that can undermine the confidence between the two people."

The rocket was fired at southern Israeli communities by a Salafi faction, but "Israel considers Hamas solely responsible for all activities in Gaza," the IDF said.

The head of the local Fishermen Union, Nizar Ayyash, told Ma’an that the Israeli Navy detained Abed al-Aziz Saadallah off the coast of Beit Lahiya after opening "heavy fire" at fishing boats.

Hamas took advantage of Israeli entry permits to smuggle money from Gaza into Judea and Samaria for terror operations.

Hamas vows revenge after Israel bombs its terror base in retaliation for a rocket attack.

Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon says Israel 'won't ignore the fire' and 'will know how to lay its hands on' whoever threatens Israel.

Police in Gaza have finally captured a five-foot-nine crocodile which escaped two years ago from a zoo in the Gaza city of Umm al-Naser.