Palestinian Islamic Jihad stated that Israel’s “threats to target the movement’s leadership is a declaration of war, which we will confront.”
Terror Tunnel
Gaza-based terror group Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) vowed to take revenge on Israel following the IDF’s recent destruction of a cross-border tunnel.
“There are no free gifts. We will bring our boys home. I’ll say it again, there are no free gifts,” Netanyahu said.
The bodies of 5 Palestinian terrorists killed when the IDF demolished a cross-border tunnel last week have been discovered on the Israeli side of the border.
On Friday, Hamas rejected Israel’s offer to allow them to enter Israel to retrieve the bodies of five terrorists killed in a tunnel that crossed the border into Israel. Israel’s requirement was simple and clearly quid pro quo; some form of progress in negotiations for the return of the bodies of two Israeli soldiers killed in the last war with Gaza.
The IDF said, “There was no intention, at any stage, to harm this senior [Hamas] official or another,” referring to the eight terrorists killed in the tunnel demolition.
The tunnel was reportedly discovered around two weeks ago, and prompted the U.N. agency to close the school while it sealed the tunnel’s opening.
According to Palestinian sources, the tunnel crossed into Israel near the Palestinian city of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip.
Col. (Res.) Kobi Regev, Former Senior Air Force Commander, discusses the benefits and dangers of constructing a high-tech underground barrier around the Gaza Strip to stop terror tunnels.
“We will not allow the occupation to carry out its plots and crimes against the Palestinian people in Gaza, and we will prevent the construction of this barrier by all means.”
“I regret that UNRWA, to a large degree, by its very existence, perpetuates—and does not solve—the Palestinian refugee problem.”
US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley toured Israel’s southern border with Gaza, accompanied by Israel’s ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon. As part of the tour, she walked through a tunnel that had been dug by Hamas to attack civilian targets in Israel.
Dozens of Christian families living in the northern Sinai have been forced to flee their homes due to Salafi radicals’ violence against Christians.
The revelation comes just days before the scheduled release of a highly critical report on Israel’s 2014 war with Gaza.
Hamas has entirely rebuilt the military strength it had at the beginning of Operation Protective Edge in June, 2014, a senior defense official said Tuesday.
