Hamas
Five suspects have been arrested for their role in the scheme, which involved the transfer of funds from Hamas headquarters in Turkey through the Gaza Strip to Judea and Samaria.
The meeting between the Israeli prime minister and the Saudi crown prince is “an insult to the nation and an invitation to attack Palestinian rights,” according to senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri.
One rocket hit a warehouse on the outskirts of Ashkelon, causing damage but no casualties.
Israeli aircraft and tanks hit “underground infrastructure and military positions” belonging to the terror organization, says the military.
Many see Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has existed for nearly 70 years and operates in 50 countries, as the precursor of Al-Qaeda and ISIS. A number of European and Arab countries have outlawed it, but Israel prefers to allow it to continue operating.
UAE official Dehrar Belhoul Al Falasi: “The UAE is committed to the cause, to the Palestinian people. ... If we want to pay, we pay the people.”
This display of the IDF’s technological capability could serve to discourage Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad from wasting further funds on cross-border tunnels.
The rocket was intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome air-defense system, causing no casualties or damage.
The Collective Cheikh Yassine group, named after the founder of Hamas, has been “directly implicated” in the attack, according to French President Emmanuel Macron.
Israel’s Defense Minister Benny Gantz said despite the recent quiet, “beneath the surface, terrorist organizations continue their efforts to harm Israeli citizens and our sovereignty.”
“The Palestinian, Arab and Islamic right is all of Palestine. This is our right, and no one can change our minds in this regard,” says Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri.
The Palestinian leadership has since lost support in a number of crucial circles, most of all in the larger Arab and Muslim world; as such, some voices have been heard calling for the resignation of Mahmoud Abbas, and others have been heard supporting Hamas.
