Palestinian Christian couple from the Gaza Strip leaves through the Israeli Erez crossing, Thursday, Dec. 24, 2009 (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90) The Hamas government has begun imposing new restrictions on residents of the Gaza Strip, forcing them to apply for exit permits to enter Israel or the West Bank. The Ministry of Interior issued a statement on February 27 insisting that all Gaza residents wishing to leave the Strip through the Erez Crossing with Israel submit an...

On April 2, 2013, a number of mortar shells were fired from the Gaza Strip into the western Negev, one of them landing between two Israeli villages. Remains of rockets were also found in an open area in the Gaza Strip (IDF spokesman, April 3, 2013). There were no casualties and no damage was reported. It was the first recorded mortar shell attack since the end of Operation Pillar of Defense (November 21, 2012). A network affiliated the global jihad and calling itself the "Mujahideen...

Reporter admits Hamas fired Fajr-5 at Jerusalem from right outside Shifa Hospital UPDATED It's a Canadian television interview with Phoebe Greenwood, a reporter for the London Daily Telegraph, who is in Gaza. At about 1:50 of the interview, she says that the Fajr-5 rocket that was shot at Jerusalem on Tuesday was shot from right outside Shifa Hospital. That's a violation of the Geneva Conventions if I ever heard one. Listen to the interview (it's a telephone interview). UPDATE...

On November 14, in response to incessant rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip , the IDF launched a widespread campaign against terror targets in Gaza. The operation, called Pillar of Defense, had two main goals: cripple terror organizations in the Gaza Strip and defend Israelis living under fire. Here’s a summary of the events which took place during the operation. The operation opened when the IDF surgically targeted Ahmed Jabari, head of Hamas’ military wing in the Gaza Strip....

Fulfilling the Ceasefire Understandings · Eight days after it began, Operation Pillar of Defense ended when understandings were reached regarding a cessation of hostilities as of 2100 hours, November 21, 2012. Until 2300 hours sporadic rocket fire continued into Israeli territory (an estimated ten hits). As of November 27, since 2300 hours, November 21, the ceasefire has been maintained almost in toto. Photo: Zohar family from Netivut, staring at their damaged home after it was hit by...