Rocket launched from Gaza hits Yeshiva in Sderot

It was later found that a rocket directly impacted a building in Sderot, Maariv reported. There were no injuries. Ilanit Chernick, Anna Ahronheim June 13, 2019 23:46 A rocket struck Sderot late on Thursday night as sirens wailed along border communities in the South. Following the sirens, residents reported hearing explosions. It was later found […]

UAE says oil tanker attacks ‘dangerous escalation’

‘Wisdom and collective responsibility are needed tp prevent escalation’: Gargash June 14, 2019 02:31 Cairo: Attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman and on a Saudi airport are a ‘major and dangerous escalation’ that requires the international community to scramble to protect regional stability and security, the UAE’s Minister of State for Foreign […]

‘A miracle happened to us, the enemy will not win’

Head of hesder yeshiva in Sderot: They build tunnels and we build parks and yeshivas. Arutz Sheva Staff, 14/06/19 Rocket hits Sderot yeshiva Afikei Daat Hesder Yeshiva in Sderot The head of the hesder yeshiva in Sderot, Rabbi David Fendel, commented on Thursday evening on the rocket which was fired from Gaza and which hit […]

Sderot rocket strike prompts calls for major military operation in Gaza

Several politicians say Israel should target Hamas leaders; Blue and White head Gantz calls for ‘attack of unprecedented intensity’ By TOI STAFFToday, 12:53 am     A rabbi stands inside a Jewish religious school in Sderot, Israel, after it was hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, Thursday, June 13, 2019. (AP/Tsafrir Abayov) Israeli politicians […]

Gaza rocket hits Sderot Yeshiva

Students were away for the weekend; tensions rising in Gaza region as IDF readies for resumption of Friday protests at the border; incendiary balloons becoming more frequent and more destructive as militants improve tactics Matan Tzuri|Published:  06.13.19 , 21:39 A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip Thursday night hit the Hesder Yeshiva in the town […]

Saudi Arabia agrees Iran was behind tanker attacks: Saudi minister

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia agrees with the United States that Iran was behind the suspected attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman, Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir said on Thursday. “We have no reason to disagree with the secretary of state. We agree with him,” Jubeir told […]

Manhattan has ‘Trump Tower,’ Israel to have town called ‘Trump Heights’

According to explanatory material distributed to the ministers ahead of the cabinet meeting, the United States has through the years been Israel’s greatest friend in the international arena. Herb Keinon June 13, 2019 22:20 US PRESIDENT Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold up a proclamation recognizing Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights at […]

AMID INCREASED TENSIONS, HAMAS CALLS ON MEDIATORS TO SAVE GAZA TRUCE

Holding Israel responsible for failing to fully implement the understandings, Khalil al-Haya, a senior Hamas official, warned that Hamas may be forced to respond to the alleged foot-dragging. BY KHALED ABU TOAMEH JUNE 13, 2019 16:20 1 minute read. AS WE stood on the border and looked across the field at the Gaza Strip, we […]

. US accuses Iran of attacking 2 oil tankers in Gulf of Oman

June 13, 2019 A grab from Iranian state TV that it says shows smoke billowing from one of two tankers that sent out distress calls in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday. Photograph: HO/AFP/Getty Images Two oil tankers have been hit in suspected attacks in the Gulf of Oman and the crews evacuated, a month […]

King Abdullah of Jordan fears that old allies are ditching him

And it is not just America “WE ARE ALL King Abdullah.” So said the official campaign to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the king’s accession to the throne in Jordan. But the turnout on February 7th suggested that few agreed with the sentiment. Even trays heaped with mansaf, lamb stewed in yogurt, could not rouse […]

Khamenei refuses to accept message from Trump carried by Abe

“I don’t consider Trump as a person worthy of exchanging messages with. I have no response for him and will not answer him,” Ali Khamenei told Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in footage of their meeting aired by state television on Thursday. The supreme leader made the remark when Abe told him he was carrying a […]

Iranian FM tries to throw suspicion for tanker incident elsewhere

Iran’s foreign minister Javad Zarif tweeted Thursday that the “reported attacks on Japan-related” oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman took place while Japanese PM Shinzo Abe was meeting supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. “Suspicious doesn’t begin to describe what likely transpired this morning,” Zarif tweeted. “Iran’s proposed Regional Dialogue Forum is imperative.”