Day: February 24, 2020
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Chief of Staff: It is unclear if an escalation or a decline is expected in Gaza
Chief of Staff participates in event honoring reservists: We will do everything in our power to protect the residents of the south. Arutz Sheva Staff, 25/02/20 IDF Chief of Staff, Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi, spoke on Monday evening at an event in honor of IDF reservists in Holon and commented on the escalation in the […]
UN Security Council calls for two-state solution to be respected in Middle East
Statement backed by all members, including US, urges sides to ‘refrain from undermining viability of 2-state solution,’ after Israel announces new building plans in East Jerusalem By AFP and TOI staff 24 February 2020, 11:35 pm The UN Security Council made a rare show of unity Monday when it called on all parties to maintain […]
Palestinian Jihad fires more than 80 rockets, calls a sudden end to the blitz
Monday, Feb. 2, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad pounded Israel for a second day, firing 80 rockets – sure that Israel’s reaction would be carefully calibrated a week before election day. After the first day, the Israeli air force struck Jihad targets around Damascus as well as scores of its sites in the Gaza Strip. By […]
Netanyahu Threatens Gaza Terror Leaders: If Quiet Not Restored, ‘You Are Next in Line’
by Algemeiner Staff and Agencies A rocket is fired toward Israel, in the southern Gaza Strip, Feb. 24, 2020. Photo: Reuters / Ibraheem Abu Mustafa. Gaza terrorists on Monday fired rockets toward Israel, which responded with air strikes, in the second day of an escalation that ebbed but did not come to an end […]
US slams French failure to try killer of Jewish French woman
Special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism criticizes French judiciary for not trying Muslim man who murdered Sarah Halimi. Cnaan Lipshitz/JTA, 24/02/20 The U.S. special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism implicitly criticized the decision in France not to try a man who killed his Jewish neighbor. Elan Carr referenced the decision on the killer […]
Rocket falls in Sderot playground, causing damage
‘We will rebuild the playground, it’ll be the most beautiful in the city,’ hesder yeshiva dean promises. Arutz Sheva Staff, 24/02/20 A rocket fired from Gaza on Monday afternoon directly hit a Sderot playground, causing damage. The playground in question is next to Sderot’s hesder yeshiva, and immediately after the rocket hit, a special staff […]
Monitor: Six dead in IDF strikes on Islamic Jihad in Gaza, Syria
Israeli army says sites attacked used for ‘research and development of armaments’ manufactured in Syria and Gaza but also produce dozens of kilograms of rocket fuel each month; Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says at least one of the dead was Syrian, other nationalities unknown; Islamic Jihad: Debt will be settled Daniel Salami, Published: Israeli […]
Coronavirus in the Middle East – LIVE UPDATES
Updated: 26 minutes ago * This live blog is being updated daily as best we can. Seth J. Frantzman and other members of are staff are contributing, including sources from the region. We have researchers in Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Iran. For details or interviews email: mecra@mideastcenter.org. Feb 21: Total cases COVID-19 coronavirus worldwide: More than […]
The Massive, but Reversible, Defeats of Iran and Turkey
Caroline B. Glick29 Shevat 5780 – February 24, 2020 From left: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Russian President Vladimir Putin at a trilateral summit in Moscow {Reposted from the JNS website} With our attention focused on other things—Israel’s elections, the legal fraternity’s aggressive lawfare against Israeli Prime […]
Bennett: Israel preparing plan to fundamentally change situation in Gaza
IDF on alert following deadly strikes against PIJ in Gaza and Syria; roads, trains closed in the south By ANNA AHRONHEIM FEBRUARY 24, 2020 10:34 Israel is “preparing a plan to fundamentally change the situation in the Gaza Strip” Defense Minister Naftali Bennett said following a night of deadly retaliatory airstrikes against the Palestinian Islamic […]