The Palestinian Islamic Jihad

News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (August 5-11, 2015)

This past week terrorist events focused on the vehicular attack near Shilo (north of Jerusalem) and the stabbing attack at a gas station on the main road between Modi’in and Jerusalem (near Beit Horon). This week as well rockets were fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip. Most of them fell inside the Strip. In
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (July 22 –28, 2015)

This past week terrorist events focused on the violent clashes between Palestinians and Israeli security forces on the Temple Mount. Palestinians, some of them masked, prepared in advance for the clashes by stockpiling cinderblocks, rocks, stones, wooden boards, Molotov cocktails and fireworks. This past week three Palestinians were killed in various events during which Israeli
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (July 15 –21, 2015)

This past week one rocket hit was identified in the western Negev in the region of the southern coastal city of Ashqelon. Responsibility was claimed by the ISIS-affiliated jihadi. During July 2015 there has been a decrease in the number of terrorist attacks in Judea, Samaria and Jerusalem, but their lethality and the daring of
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The Gaza Strip One Year after Operation Protective Edge: An Overview

This study examines the activities of the terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip during the year since Operation Protective Edge, especially Hamas.
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Estimate of the number of Hamas operatives killed in Operation Protective Edge (Part Eleven) *

This document is the eleventh in a series of publications of the Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center (ITIC), examining the names of the Palestinians killed in Operation Protective Edge.
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Iranian Support for Palestinian Terrorism: Funds Transferred to Gazan Shaheeds’ Families by Palestinian Islamic Jihad-Affiliated Al-Ansar Charity Association

The Al-Ansar charity association operates in the Gaza Strip and is affiliated with the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). It was founded during the second intifada (2001) and serves the Iranians as a pipeline for funds to finance terrorism in the Gaza Strip and as a way to increase Iran’s influence over the Gazan population.
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