Israel: ‘Yahya Sinwar, The Face of Evil, and his team are in our sights’

Hamas in Gaza chief Yahya Sinwar and his entire command team “are in our sights,” Israel Defence Forces international spokesperson Lt. Col. Richard Hecht told journalists on Saturday. Read more

Iran is stepping up pressure on its proxies to join forces against Israel

Heavy Iranian pressure on Hamas, Hezbollah and Palestinian Islamic Jihad to establish a “joint operational mechanism” to coordinate activities against Israel is reportedly causing internal divisions among the Iranian proxies. Read more

Hamas agrees to new mechanism for receiving Qatari money

A new agreement between Israel and Qatar will enable the entry of Qatari funds into the Gaza Strip as early as this weekend, Arab sources confirmed yesterday. Read more

Hamas leader: ‘God has decreed we must attack Tel Aviv’

Hamas leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, told a group of students and academics in Gaza on Saturday that the terrorist organization has the capability to demolish Tel Aviv and that Israel had only destroyed 3 percent of Gaza’s tunnel network last month during “Operation Guardian of the Walls.” Read more

IDF seeks to fast-track revolutionary approach to lessening future rocket fire

The Israel Defence Forces are seeking to fast-track a new system designed to remove Hamas’s ability to terrorize the Israeli home front with mass rocket attacks in future conflicts. Read more