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Israel’s Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan held his first working meeting this week with the incoming UN Humanitarian and Construction Coordinator for the Gaza Strip, Sigrid Kaag. Erdan expressed severe criticism of the conduct of the UN agencies in Gaza and their frequent public statements specifically against Israel, while the IDF allows the delivery of extensive humanitarian aid into Gaza, and Hamas is the one preventing its transfer to the Gazan population. He emphasized to Kaag that since taking office about three years ago, he has repeatedly warned about Hamas's use of the UN facilities in Gaza, and nothing...

Just as the United Nations failed to condemn Hamas’s terrorist activities, it will undoubtedly fail to designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organization as Israel has requested, let alone take any action to stop Hezbollah’s aggressive behavior The United Nations Security Council held a special session on Wednesday, requested by the United States and Israel, to discuss Hezbollah’s underground attack tunnels that penetrated the Blue Line, the border demarcation between Lebanon and Israel. The tunnels were recently discovered by the Israeli Defense Force. The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) independently verified the presence of the tunnels, two of which it...

On the night of March 17, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) thwarted an attempt by the terrorist organization Hamas to renew an old terror tunnel directed towards the Kerem Shalom crossing in southern Israel. The IDF neutralized the tunnel without any casualties whatsoever. In their report, the IDF said that currently there is no immediate threat towards the Kerem Shalom crossing and nearby areas. This is one of the first times Hamas tried to reuse an old terror tunnel. Hamas attempted to reuse an old tunnel that was discovered in 2014 by building a new one nearby, with the intention...

IDF forces, whose tireless and unsung efforts have resulted in the uncovering of some 100 arms-smuggling tunnels over the past four years, made one of their most dramatic finds last night. IDF forces, whose tireless and unsung efforts have resulted in the uncovering of some 100 arms-smuggling tunnels in southern Gaza over the past four years, made one of their most dramatic finds last night. They uncovered a tunnel ten meters deep and 14 meters long leading from an Arab village towards the Jewish community of Kfar Darom. "Another few days of work, and a terrible catastrophe could have occurred...