The Israeli Palestinian Conflict

Contacts regarding the Egyptian initiative for a lull in the fighting in the Gaza Strip continued. Omar Suleiman, head of Egyptian General Intelligence came to Israel to discuss it with the Israeli leadership. As the contacts continue, so does a high level of rocket and mortar shell fire, which this past week resulted in the Read more...

The main event of this past week was the agreement reached in principle between Egypt and Hamas on April 25 about a progressively implemented lull (“Gaza first”) in the military confrontation between Hamas and Israel in the Gaza Strip. Hamas has accompanied the deliberations about the lull with threats to Israel and a media campaign Read more...

The main terrorist event this past week was the shooting attack at the Nitzanei Shalom industrial area, near Tulkarm, in which two Israeli civilians were killed. Hamas announced that an agreement had been reached in principle with Egypt regarding a gradual lull in the fighting (“Gaza first”) Read more...

During the week of Passover there has been a Hamas-initiated escalation of terrorism in the Gaza Strip. On April 19, Passover Eve, a broad-scale combined attempted attack was prevented near the Kerem Shalom Crossing and in the region of Kissufim. In another attack in the central Gaza Strip three IDF soldiers were killed in an Read more...