Gaza Strip
Israeli forces were attempting to arrest seniors Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists planning a major attack.
The Gazans were recruiting Palestinians in Judea and Samaria to facilitate attacks on behalf of Hamas.
Israeli forces came under heavy fire during a counter-terror operation in the city, according to the Israel Defense Forces.
He was one of three men who met with Islamic Jihad terrorists and declared support for the Palestinian cause.
Avera Mengistu, who suffers from mental illness, crossed into Gaza on his own accord in 2014.
Police are looking for two more men who met with key members of the Islamic Jihad terror group and terrorist attackers’ families.
Gunmen attempted to harm members of the anti-Zionist group, but the attack was thwarted, according to Israeli media.
Israeli Minister Orit Strock: We must correct the “injustice and idiocy” of the 2005 disengagement.
The launch was detected but did not trigger sirens as there was no threat to Israel, according to the IDF.
The Palestinian terror group stated that the struggle against the “settler-colonial occupation and its fascist extremist government will continue.”
The Islamist movement is pleased with its control over territory and people and looks towards its next goal of taking over Judea and Samaria.
‘It is so difficult to comfort a mother’s tears,’ Francis tells the delegation at the Vatican.
