New York Times | Getting From Gaza to Israel, by Underground Tunnels New York Times Israeli officials, who revealed that they had been planning for a year to destroy the tunnels, began their ground assault on Thursday, after 10 days of bombardment, when 13 Hamas gunmen emerged from one underground passage near a kibbutz in southern ... Israel's Military Might Is Tested by Hamas' Stamina: Experts Airlines Ban Flights to Israel After Rocket Strike Israel Is Losing Control of the Gaza Media War |
New York Times | Ex-Mayor Bloomberg To Fly To Israel On El Al Despite Ban By US Carriers CBS Local NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg was set to fly to Tel Aviv on the Israeli airline El Al Tuesday, as he claimed flying to Israel remains safe even though U.S. and European carriers have halted flights there. The U.S. and ... Airlines Suspend Flights to Israel After Hamas Rocket Falls Near Key Airport International flights to and from Israel suspended over security concerns FAA Prohibits US Airlines From Flying To Israel |
ABC News | FAA Orders US Air Carriers to Suspend All Flights to Israel ABC News American air carriers have suspended flights from the United Stated to Israel "for a period of up to 24 hours" after the FAA issued a warning in response to a rocket strike this morning near Tel Aviv's main airport, officials said. In a statement, the ... |
Aljazeera.com | Fighting jihad for Israel Aljazeera.com Before the creation of the state of Israel, thousands of western volunteers were recruited by the Zionist movement - in a process named Mahal or volunteers from abroad to take part in Zionist military operations in Palestine during the British Mandate. |
NBCNews.com | Americans Fight for Israel as 'Lone Soldiers' in Gaza Strip NBCNews.com They come from other countries, but they fight for Israel. And sometimes die for it. They are known as lone soldiers — thousands of volunteers from around the world who join the Israeli Defense Forces, often in combat units, but have no family inside ... US-born IDF servicemen killed in Gaza among thousands of Israel's 'lone soldiers' 'Foreign Fighters' for Israel Southern California Native 'Lone Soldiers' Await Call To Fight For Israel |
Missing Israeli soldier, canceled flights could shift dynamic of Gaza conflict Washington Post JERUSALEM — A missing Israeli soldier and the cancellation of international flights to and from Israel on Tuesday could bolster Hamas, potentially shifting the dynamics of diplomatic efforts to bring about a cease-fire in the two-week-old Gaza Strip ... |
Why the Israel-Palestine conversation is so polarized Vox It's no secret that the discourse around Israel-Palestine inside the United States is typically a mess of screaming matches, miles-apart polarization, and total disagreement that extends even to the basic facts. There are many explanations; one of them ... |
New York Times | Israel Confirms One Soldier Is Missing in Gaza New York Times JERUSALEM — Israeli officials said on Tuesday that it was still not clear whether an Israeli soldier missing in Gaza had been captured or had died in combat. The Israeli military said it had recovered the remains of six other soldiers who were killed ... |
US bans Israel flights, citing rocket attack CNN (CNN) -- The Federal Aviation Administration has told U.S. airlines that they are prohibited from flying to or from Israel's Ben Gurion Airport for up to 24 hours. "The notice was issued in response to a rocket strike which landed approximately one ... |
Tunnel Attacks Have Israel on Edge TIME They were not, however, members of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). They were members of Hamas, the Islamic Resistance Movement, and they had just emerged from one of the many tunnels the militants have dug between the Gaza Strip and Israel. |