IAF aircraft struck six terror targets throughout Gaza on Tuesday night, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit announced in a statement. The statement said direct hits were identified and all aircraft returned safely to their bases. The attacks came in response to the barrage of rockets that were fired toward southern Israel by terrorists in
A group calling itself the “Shura Council of the Mujahideen of Jerusalem” claimed responsibility on Tuesday for a deadly ambush that killed an Israeli construction worker on the Egyptian border. In a video posted on the internet, a group of masked and armed men claimed Monday’s attack and announced the formation of the “Shura
The Egyptian authorities have seized 101 surface-to-surface missiles in the Beheira governorate, the state TV reported on Tuesday, amid fears of a political deadlock that could trigger an armed confrontation between Islamist groups and a military establishment reluctant to relinquish power. The state television said Egypt’s Anti-Drug General Administration discovered the missiles, a launching
Egypt's ousted presdent Hosni Mubarak was declared clinically dead after he was transferred to hospital from prison on Tuesday, state media reported, after his heart stopped beating. “Hosni Mubarak is clinically dead,” the official MENA news agency reported. “Medical sources told MENA his heart had stopped beating and did not respond to defibrillation.”
Egypt’s ousted president Hosni Mubarak has been moved to a hospital in the upscale Cairo neighborhood of Maadi after he had suffered heart failure and was defibrillated in prison, Al Arabiya correspondent reported from Cairo. Mubarak, 84, has suffered serious health problems since he was deposed in February last year. He had been in
Forty-one terrorist rockets slammed into southern Israel between midnight and 8:30 p.m. Monday. The IAF has carried out three strikes on terror targets in Gaza in the last 24 hours, killing at least six terrorists. An IAF strike Tuesday afternoon severely injured a man who was on a motorcycle, Gaza sources said. Hamas has
Gaza terrorists fired four rockets at the Eshkol region on Tuesday afternoon. The IDF has ordered everyone in the area to take shelter. No injuries have been reported. Terrorists began escalating their attacks on the Sabbath, with two rockets that hit the Mitzpeh Ramon region. Just hours later, terrorists fired on civilian workers
As Israel completes work on the Sinai border fence, the defense establishment must look to the eastern border as the next threat, IDF General (res.) Tzvika Fogel warned in an interview with Arutz Sheva. Fogel, who served as the Head of Southern Command, explained that terrorists now operating in Sinai are likely to circumvent
The Muslim Brotherhood has planned a mass demonstration in Cairo to protest against the ruling military council’s move to claim sweeping new powers. The army’s manoeuver has been described by critics and opposition activists as a “soft coup,” in which it reclaimed legislative power last week following a court ruling dissolving the Islamist-led parliament.
Hamas leaders and supporters in Gaza Strip celebrated Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood presidential victory, according to preliminary results announced on Monday. The Islamist bloc’s candidate Mohammed Mursi claimed he had won the election over former prime minister Ahmed Shafiq in the early hours of Monday, in line with primary results that were announced later that
