599 articles tagged "Palestinians"
DEBKAfile
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June 7, 2008, 6:35 PM (GMT+02:00)
The new weapon, of the type used by the Lebanese Hizballah against northern Israel, was fired for the first time by Palestinians from Gaza Tuesday, June 3. It landed on open ground in Shaar Henegev.
The newly smuggled weapon carries a 8 kg payload - bigger than the Qassam missile with ...
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June 3, 2008, 12:30 PM (GMT+02:00)
The new weapon, of the Katyusha type used by the Lebanese Hizballah against northern Israel, was fired for the first time by Palestinians from Gaza Tuesday, June 3. It landed on open ground in Shaar Henegev.
The newly smuggled 107 mm weapon carries a 8 kg payload - bigger than the ...
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May 29, 2008, 11:19 PM (GMT+02:00)
Shin Bet director Yuval Diskin reported to Israel's weekly cabinet meeting Sunday, May 25, on Hamas' rapidly expanding arsenal. He said it is only a question of time before Palestinian rockets from Gaza fly past Ashkelon to Israel's main port of Ashdod, 25 km south of Tel Aviv and the ...
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May 25, 2008, 4:26 PM (GMT+02:00)
debkafile's counter-terror sources report that the truck bomb containing 4.5 tons of explosives was the most powerful ever used against Israel - even in the darkest days of the Palestinian terrorist campaign. The explosion occurred early Thursday, May 22, on the Gaza side of the border, 50 meters ...
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May 20, 2008, 9:54 PM (GMT+02:00)
Jerusalem police have rounded up another 6 Palestinians at the Shufat camp of northern Jerusalem in a second sweep for illicit weapons and explosives. Shufat's 10,000 inhabitants bear Israeli resident's IDs with social benefits. In the first raid of the camp on May 5, debkafile disclosed that large ...
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May 18, 2008, 2:45 PM (GMT+02:00)
Once again, after two previous successes, Hamas proved Saturday, April 19 it was capable of ramming through Israel's border defenses against the Gaza Strip. This time, Israeli troops acted expeditiously and boldly enough to prevent a major Palestinian breakthrough at the Kerem Shalom crossing and fatal casualties. Thirteen members of ...
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May 18, 2008, 8:50 AM (GMT+02:00)
debkafile's military sources report: A barrage of 6 Qassam missiles wase fired in two volleys at Sderot. One hit the Neve Shalom synagogue near a nursery school. Several people were treated for shock. The rest landed around Shear Hanegev, starting fires. Thursday morning, May 15, a Grad (Katyusha) ...
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May 14, 2008, 11:01 PM (GMT+02:00)
Israeli units around Gaza, including the air force, are on the highest alert, debkafile's military sources report, for Palestinian terror groups to follow up their rocket attack on the Ashkelon shopping mall, which injured 77 civilians, with more aggressive actions. Aside from rocket fire, according to our sources, ...
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May 9, 2008, 6:23 PM (GMT+02:00)
A joint Israeli military-border police raid of the northern Jerusalem Palestinian district turned up a large secret weapons cache Monday, May 5. Seven men were arrested on suspicion of engaging in terrorism and arms trafficking. debkafile's military sources report this was Israel's first large-scale counter-terror operation in the ...
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May 6, 2008, 11:23 PM (GMT+02:00)
The Palestinian mother and four children who died in the middle of clashes in the Gaza town of Beit Hanoun April 28 were killed in secondary blasts from explosives carried by four Palestinian gunmen near their home. A video clip released by the Israeli army spokesman Friday, May 2, taken ...
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May 2, 2008, 12:21 PM (GMT+02:00)
The Israeli cabinet session opened Tuesday, April 29, in Jerusalem with prime minister Ehud Olmert voicing deep regret for the deaths of 4 Palestinian children and their mother in Bet Hanoun Monday, which two generals have been directed to investigate. He said he also regretted the Palestinian missiles hurting Israeli ...
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May 1, 2008, 10:29 AM (GMT+02:00)
The tank crew was unhurt by the blast which hit their vehicle Tuesday, April 29, between the Gaza border and Netiv Ha'asara. debkafile's military sources report that the incident demonstrates once again that Palestinian terrorists have no difficulty in breaching the Gazan border
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April 29, 2008, 11:21 AM (GMT+02:00)
After breaching the border fence opposite Kissufim Saturday night, April 26, the two Palestinians, armed and wearing flak vests, were seen heading east. Until they were caught, Israelis living in the area were told to stay indoors. This is the fourth time in two weeks that Palestinian terrorists broke through ...
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April 28, 2008, 7:00 PM (GMT+02:00)
debkafile publishes here for the first time details of the Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' master plan for wrecking Israel's 60th anniversary celebrations. The project is called the "2008 Return"
Its highlights are disclosed here with debkafile's comments. The Palestinian leader has circulated guidelines for three million ...
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April 28, 2008, 10:39 AM (GMT+02:00)
The Palestinian terrorist group's reply was handed to Egyptian intelligence minister Gen. Omar Suleiman Thurs. April 24. It was delivered by Hamas leaders Mahmoud a-Zahar and Siad Siyam, who flew in to Cairo with their orders after Hamas' Damascus-based leaders conferred with Syrian and Iranian intelligence officers in the Syrian ...
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April 27, 2008, 1:41 PM (GMT+02:00)
On Wednesday, April 23, Israel reopened all the Gaza crossings, including those attacked last week by Hamas: Kerem Shalom, Erez and the Nahal Oz fuel terminal, and restored fuel supplies to the Gaza population. debkafile reports: Four hours after the opening, Israeli forces were alerted to Palestinian gunmen ...
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April 21, 2008, 10:48 AM (GMT+02:00)
Hamas politburo chief Khaled Meshaal voiced this threat Saturday, April 12.
debkafile's military sources report that the raid by Palestinian gunmen on the Israeli-Gaza fuel terminal - and murder of two of its employees, Oleg Lipson and Lev Cerniak - were meant to set the stage for a mass ...
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April 20, 2008, 12:25 PM (GMT+02:00)
debkafile's military sources report that a band of terrorists broke through the border barrier to the Kerem Shalom goods terminal in the southern border sector Thursday, April 14. Israeli forces challenged them, killing one infiltrator in the ensuing firefight and injuring a second. The third fled. So too ...
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April 18, 2008, 1:28 PM (GMT+02:00)
The fallen Israeli soldiers were Sgt. Mattan Ovdati, 19, from Moshav Patish, Sgt. Menhash Albaniyat, 20, from Kseife, both from the Negev region, and Sgt. David Papian, 21, from Tel Aviv. Hamas reported 5 dead.
A senior officer told debkafile that Hamas used tactics first seen practiced by Hizballah ...
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April 15, 2008, 7:47 PM (GMT+02:00)
debkafile's military sources report OC Southern Command, Maj. Gen. Yoav Galant, his aides and local security officers took cover when they came under heavy cross-border mortar fire from Gaza Sunday, April 13. None was hurt although the Palestinian aim was precise, starting as soon as the Israeli group ...
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