Hamas
“The storming of the Damascus Gate by the foreign minister of the Zionist enemy, Yair Lapid, is a dangerous escalation,” says the Gaza-based terror group.
Noam Shalit grabbed the country’s attention as he worked to gain the release of his son, who was declared missing in action after being captured on June 25, 2006.
On social media, Hamas “blesses the heroic operation against the Zionist occupation soldiers in the so-called ‘Tel Aviv’ area, which led to the killing and wounding of a number of Zionist occupiers.”
The desperate attempts to prevent terrorist attacks, the decision to drive the Palestinian Authority from Jerusalem and the missed opportunity to eliminate the Hamas leadership: former Shin Bet chief Avi Dichter recalls the days of “Operation Defensive Shield.”
Nevertheless, Professor Boaz Ganor, executive director of the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism, says this particular incident does not reflect any current trend in the Arab-Israeli arena.
Michael Barak, a senior researcher on terrorism and radical Islamic networks, told JNS that ISIS calls on its supporters to use a combination of vehicle-ramming attacks and sharp blades for “maximum carnage.”
Former Israeli Defense Ministry official tells JNS that both Hamas and Tanzim seem disturbed by the Palestinian issue being “pushed into the corner.”
Hamas says it is “following with great concern” recent visits by Israeli officials to Arab and Islamic countries in the region; Palestinian Islamic Jihad says the visit “betrays Jerusalem and Palestine.”
An interview with former Mossad official Udi Levy about the fate of ”Project Cassandra,” the successful U.S.-Israel effort to sever Hezbollah’s narcotics revenue that was shut down as part of the Obama administration’s effort to secure the original Iran deal.
The seizure is the third this year, according to the Israeli Defense Ministry • Israel is cutting off terror groups’ “oxygen supply,” says Defense Minister Benny Gantz.
Hezbollah-affiliated media outlets reported that the sides discussed events in the eastern Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, along with the future of the conflict with Israel and the political situation in the Middle East.
“The relationship between Qatar and the United States is bizarre, and makes no strategic sense,” said Yigal Carmon, founder and president of the Middle East Media Research Institute.
