Eurasia Press & News
Israel may be winning the war against Hamas terrorists on the battlefield, but it is again losing support in the court of public opinion as international sympathy tips in favor of the Palestinians. On May 13, an IAF strike leveled al-Jalaa Tower, an 11-floor building in Gaza City containing the …
Read More »IDF preps for ‘intensive night’ of Gaza airstrikes as two Thai workers killed
At least 10 civilians were wounded, four of them seriously following a barrage of over 50 mortars which hit the Eshkol Regional Council. The IDF anticipated an intense night of airstrikes on Tuesday night as it prepared to hit more locations of Hamas’s underground “Metro” complex. The IDF has “an …
Read More »Can Erdogan seize on Israeli-Palestinian crisis to make diplomatic gains?
The flurry of diplomacy over the Israeli-Palestinian escalation has helped Erdogan break his diplomatic isolation, but he could hardly hope for far-reaching gains to help his bid at fence-mending with Arab heavyweights. The new Israeli-Palestinian flare-up, bursting out right in the midst of Turkey’s quest to mend ties with Israel …
Read More »Al Aqsa, Jerusalem unite Palestinians again
Jerusalem has succeeded in uniting Palestinians — whether citizens of Israel or in the diaspora — and has caused the exposure of Israeli racism towards 20% of its population who are not Jews. When late Israeli opposition leader Ariel Sharon’s provocative visit to the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in September …
Read More »Intel: Blinken hasn’t personally seen evidence that Hamas used the building housing AP, Al Jazeera
Israel says the building was used by the Palestinian militant group, but it has not publicly provided any evidence to back up that claim. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that the United States asked the Israeli government for evidence that Hamas was in the Gaza building that housed …
Read More »Israel showed US ‘smoking gun’ on Hamas in AP office tower, officials say
“We showed them the smoking gun proving Hamas worked out of that building,” a senior diplomatic source said. “I understand they found the explanation satisfactory.” Israel shared intelligence with the US showing how Hamas operated inside the same building with the Associated Press and Al-Jazeera in Gaza, officials in Jerusalem …
Read More »AP’s top editor wants investigation into Israeli bombing of Gaza office
Israeli officials said they carried out the strike because Hamas was operating an intelligence cell out of that office building. The Associated Press’ top editor wants an independent investigation into Israel’s bombing of a building in Gaza that was home to her news organization as well as broadcaster Al Jazeera. …
Read More »Israel slammed for strike on AP, Al Jazeera Gaza offices in attack on Hamas
White House calls on Israel, urging that the “safety and security of journalists and independent media is a paramount responsibility.” Israel came under heavy criticism on Saturday for striking a 12-story tower in Gaza housing the offices of foreign media affiliates such as the Associated Press, Al Jazeera and other …
Read More »Hamas tried to attack Israel’s gas installations
Both rockets and suicide drones were used to hit Israel’s strategic assets. Hamas fired rockets toward Israel’s gas installations in the Mediterranean after launching attacks from Gaza last Monday, causing them to be placed on their lowest level of functioning, though none of the rockets came close to reaching the …
Read More »Hamas attempting to hit Tamar offshore gas rig with rockets
No projectiles have come close to striking platform, which is protected by an Iron Dome battery; IDF targeting the Gaza ruling terror group’s naval assets During the past week, the Hamas terror group has fired dozens of rockets toward Israel’s Tamar natural gas rig, which was drained of fuel and …
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