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As soon as the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) fired rockets from Gaza about two and a half weeks ago towards Sderot, as a sign of solidarity with the death of security prisoner Khader Adnan, the IDF’s OC Southern Command Col. Liron Batito was asked to pull out the secret attack plan: “Black Cloak” – a […]

Israeli Air Force fighter jets struck four Islamic Jihad military outposts as well as mortar and rocket launch sites in the Gaza Strip. Published: MAY 12, 2023 12:25 Updated: MAY 12, 2023 14:35 Israeli Air Force fighter jets strike an Islamic Jihad mortar launch site on May 12, 2023 (IDF SPOKESPERSON’S UNIT) For the first […]

Stories started to emerge about negotiations over whether Israel would commit to ceasing targeted killings of top Islamic Jihad commanders in exchange for a ceasefire. Published: MAY 11, 2023 13:20 Updated: MAY 11, 2023 13:21 A damaged building, where Islamic Jihad commander Ali Ghali was killed in an Israeli strike, is seen in Khan Younis […]

Israel thwarted an attempted by a Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorist cell to produce rockets and a launcher in the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank in recent weeks, Shin Bet head Ronen Bar revealed during a press conference on Tuesday evening.Bar stressed that Tareq Ezzaldin, a spokesperson for the PIJ who was […]

Following the IDF’s targeted killing of three top Islamic Jihad leaders in the middle of the night between Monday and Tuesday, Israel was still awaiting a potentially massive counter-strike of rockets from Gaza on Tuesday night.The main questions are: When will Islamic Jihad strike back, will Jihad fire rockets beyond the South and will Hamas […]

Israel signaled to Hamas and to countries around the world that it wants to keep Operation Shield and Arrow limited and focused after its launch, though the security cabinet authorized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant to determine whether to escalate the operation, in a meeting on Tuesday evening.“Last week, when we […]

Israeli authorities demolished a Palestinian school in the West Bank on Sunday, drawing harsh condemnation from the European Union.COGAT, a branch of the Israeli military, said in a statement that the building, located about 2 km from Bethlehem, had been constructed illegally and “was found to be dangerous to the safety of anyone studying or […]