Sderot Media Center
Operation Protective Edge – Update No. 16 (As of 1200 hours, July 30, 2014)
Overview
1. The existing format of Operation Protective Edge continues. The IDF continues attacking terrorist targets from the air and on the ground the forces...
Why Hamas stores its weapons inside hospitals, mosques and schools
Inside a Gaza Strip mosque in January 2009, nothing at first seemed unusual with the wooden pulpit pushed against the cement wall. Barely taller...
Eight wounded in mortar attack on Eshkol after three hurt in Kiryat Gat
Eight Israelis were wounded after a mortar hit in the Eshkol Regional Council. The incident took place less than an hour after a 30-year-old...
Day 22: Hamas’ Hostility Shows No Limits
Following ten days of Hamas attacks against Israel and after repeated rejections of offers to deescalate the situation, the IDF has started a new...
When numbers in Gaza masquerade as fact
Figures from an Israeli intelligence center highlight how, in the Israeli-Palestinian wars, even the awful tangibles of counting and sorting the dead have become...
Gaza’s Tunnel Phenomenon: The Unintended Dynamics of Israel’s Siege
"...A similarly cavalier approach to child labor and tunnel fatalities damaged the movement’s standing with human-rights groups, despite government assurances dating back to 2008...
Tzuk Eitan – 16th day
Dear all,
It is now 7pm and the 16th day is almost over. Although the end is not yet in sight, the news has been...
Hamas and the Other Terrorist Organizations in the Gaza Strip Use Medical Facilities and...
Al-Shifa'a Hospital and Ambulances Used for Military-Terrorist Purposes in Operation Protective Edge
1. Hamas and the other terrorist organizations have frequently made use of hospitals and...
Tzuk Eitan – Personal encounters
The last few days have really been pretty bad. Non-stop sirens throughout the country, terrorist infiltrators in the South, numerous tunnels reaching deep into...
Operation Defensive Edge: Israel’s Response to Hamas’ Aggression
The current operation in Gaza is not of Israel's choosing. Time and again, Israel acted - and refrained from acting - in order to...