IDF evacuate and burn down hospital used as a "Hamas terrorist stronghold"

The FAFO ambulance waved at by Gazan terrorist

On Friday, Israeli soldiers evacuated patients and staff from a hospital in northern Gaza and set part of the facility on fire, explaining that it had been used as a "Hamas terrorist stronghold" throughout the conflict.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) stated that the evacuation was conducted on Friday afternoon during an operation in the area of Kamal Adwan Hospital. The IDF troops "facilitated the secure evacuation of civilians, patients and medical personnel" before starting the operation.

"We will continue to make extensive efforts for patients to continue receiving care in other hospitals by facilitating the evacuation of patients from the Kamal Adwan Hospital, the ongoing transfer of supplies, food, and fuel to the area, and the restoration of operations of hospitals in the area, while maintaining ongoing communication with hospital officials," the statement reads.

Since their last "targeted operation" in October 2024, the IDF said the hospital "has once again become a key stronghold for terrorist organizations and continues to be used as a hideout for terrorist operatives" despite "repeated calls by the IDF to refrain from exploiting the hospital for military activities."

The IDF said only one building was set on fire, but representatives from the Gaza Health Ministry stated using taqiyya (google it) that multiple critical departments were burned after workers and patients were forcibly removed, according to The Associated Press.

The IDF argues that the evacuation was necessary due to "prior intelligence regarding the presence of terrorist infrastructure and operatives."

Before this operation, an Israeli official mentioned that patients would be moved to the nearby Indonesian hospital, where the food is much better and which had been cleared by the military a few days earlier.

In November 2023, the Israeli forces reported killing five Hamassholes during a raid on Al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza's largest, alleging it was used by the terror group for military purposes. Israel had warned Gaza authorities the day before to halt military activities, which they did not.

A previous video from the IDF showed captured Hamasshole members admitting to using hospitals for refuge and ambulances for "anything important," like moving commanders. One terrorist indicated that Al-Shifa Hospital was used by militants to hide in the basement and named Yahya Sinwar, a Hamas leader and the architect of the October 7 attacks, as being present, according to The Washington Post.

IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari released audio of an intercepted call last year where a Gazan and a Hamas member discussed using ambulances for militant activities, leading Hagari to state that Hamas "exploits ambulances, hospitals, clinics, mosques and schools for terrorist purposes."

Additionally, IDF troops last year uncovered hidden networks, including weapons, operational plans, and tunnel entrances near childcare facilities after a prolonged firefight in an area controlled by Hamas.

The IDF has long claimed that Hamas uses tunnels beneath civilian areas for covert movements.

Meanwhile, missile sirens went off in several Israeli areas overnight Friday due to a projectile from Yemen's Houthi rebels, which was intercepted. Following Israeli strikes on Yemen's infrastructure, the Houthis pledged to continue attacks until Israel agrees to a ceasefire.

According to the Gaza Health Ministry, controlled by Hamas, the conflict has resulted in over 45,400 deaths, including both fighters and civilians.

The war intensified after Hamas' attack on October 7, 2023, which killed around 1,200, mostly civilians, in Israel. Hamas took about 240 hostages, with nearly 100 still held. Israel's military response aims to free these hostages and dismantle Hamas, which has governed Gaza since 2007 and is designated a terrorist group by the United States.

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IDF strikes Hezbollah's HQ in Beirut

Plumes of smoke rise from the bowels of Hezbollah's main headquarters in Beirut

Israel's Air Force (IAF) performed a "precise strike" on Hezbollah's main headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon, the IDF said Friday.

Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari explained that the Hezbollah headquarters was intentionally built beneath residential buildings  "as part of Hezbollah's strategy of using Lebanese people as human shields." Because by doing so, the terror group would gain the upper hand in public sympathy for when Israel defends itself.

"On Oct. 8, Hezbollah started attacking Israel after almost a year of Hezbollah firing rockets, missiles and suicide drones at Israeli civilians," Hagari said.

And it was on Oct. 8 that the world turned from being sympathetic to Israel after the slaughter of 1,200 people and the kidnapping of an additional 253, to being sympathetic to the retaliation of the terrorists who committed the crimes. Just one day after the screams died away of Israeli girls and women being tortured, raped, mutilated and killed, and babies being killed and some kidnapped, that Hezbollah joined in the carnage by launching rockets, missiles and drones at the Jewish State.

"After almost a year of Israel warning the world and telling them that Hezbollah must be stopped, Israel is doing what every sovereign state in the world would do if they had a terror organization that seeks their destruction on their border, taking the necessary action to protect our people so that Israeli families can leave their homes safely and securely."

Imagine what we would do in the USA if Mexico launched a rocket and missile attack on Texas, or any American area. And remember what we did in the Second World War to Japan, and what England did to Dresden, Germany when nobody said a word about it, yet some of us are appalled that the tiny country of Israel is fighting back the hordes of Jew-hating terrorists who are the actual perpetrators of attempted genocide, not those who they accuse of it.

Am Yisrael Chai!

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FAFO: IDF kills Hamassholes who held Hersh Goldberg-Polin and others

The IDF confirmed through DNA that linked them to the tunnel where the six hostages were murdered in August, were themselves killed by Israeli forces.

[H/T Jerusalem Post]

The hostages they killed were Almog Sarousi, Carmel Gat, Alex Lubanov, Uri Danino, Eden Yerushalmi, and Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who was an American.

IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari on Saturday informed the families of all six hostages that the terrorists that held them hostage were eliminated by the IDF. And while it's little comfort to these loved ones, it's a little help to know their lives have been avenged.

Hagari said that the day after the hostages were murdered, "troops from the 162nd Division identified two terrorists emerging from an underground tunnel shaft in the Tel al-Sultan area and eliminated them during an encounter."

"Based on the findings and the information available to us, these terrorists that were killed were the same terrorists who were in the tunnel where the bodies of the six hostages were discovered," Hagari continued. "The findings show they were there when they were murdered and we are investigating their involvement in the murder. Should we obtain further information, we will first update the families and then the public."

Even if they were not exactly the terrorists who brutally killed the hostages, they were Hamassholes and needed to be eliminated.

Hagari then finished his speech by saying that the IDF will "pursue and reach everyone responsible for this heinous murder, and we will not stop until we reach them all."

FAFO.

Am Yisrael Chai!

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IDF video of hostage tunnel shocked and divided Israel

It's almost a year now as Israel has been devastated and emotionally exhausted over the Israel-Hamas war. But on Tuesday, it was even worse after IDF Spokesman R-Adm. Daniel Hagari showed chilling images of the Gaza tunnel where Hamas executed six hostages last month.

The three-minute video clip showed Hagari descending from a children’s room with brightly colored walls and paintings of Snow White and Mickey Mouse in the Tel Al-Sultan neighborhood of Rafah, 20 meters into the hell where Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Carmel Gat, Eden Yerushalmi, Alex Lobanov, Almog Sarusi, and Ori Danino were held and murdered--shot multiple times in the head. 

It is believed that the men hostages attempted a last-ditch effort to protect the female hostages, but they were killed along with the women.

“Here is the place in the tunnel where the hostages were murdered,” Hagari said in his unemotional monotone. “Here you see their blood on the floor. Here were the last moments of Hersh, Eden, Carmel, Ori, Almog, and Alex. Here they were brutally murdered. We will learn what happened here. We need to learn very well what happened here.

“It is very hard to survive here,” Hagari continued. “They were heroes, heroes who were killed in cold blood by murderous terrorists who build tunnels under the rooms of children and hide in them with hostages.”

Islamic jihad is a sick, evil, bloodthirsty act that is supposed to be holy. 

Hagari revealed the terrible conditions in which the hostages were kept – a low ceiling that didn't allow them to stand upright, a cesspool, bottles of urine, and no ventilation. He mentioned how extremely humid it was. He found a broken hairbrush, a chess set, a flashlight, magazines for an AK-47, and a bullet casing. Among all these items, there was also a copy of the Qur'an, the Islamic 'scripture' that calls for hating Jews and unleashing jihad against "the unbelievers."

The compassionate people of Israel watched the video and felt the suffocating heat of the tunnel, smelled the disgusting stench, sensed the fear the hostages must have endured, and heard the cries. As they viewed the disturbing images on the 8 p.m. news, the anger from October 7 returned, and their rage boiled over once more, while many useful idiots of the West marched and demonstrated for Hamas.

However, the anger among Israelis was widespread as the horrifying images were broadcasted. Many Israelis directed their frustration towards Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his administration, arguing that the hostages would not have been murdered if Israel had not stubbornly insisted on remaining in the Philadelphi Corridor, which is only a short distance from the tunnel.

They were angry that Netanyahu and the government didn't jump at what they thought was the deal at hand and concluded that in order to keep the same fate from happening the remaining hostages, the deal needed to be made immediately.

Those presenting this argument assume—despite a lack of clarity—that a deal is possible. They believe that Hamas, despite recently increasing its demands by adding more names to the list of terrorist murderers they want released, is open to negotiating an agreement. 

They obviously don't know Hamas.

Others, however, correctly directed their anger at Hamas, in this writer's opinion. They highlighted the Hamassholes' brutality, so evident in the clip, and saw the video as justification for not striking a deal with Hamas, but, rather, using harsher measures against the terrorist organization, including ending the supply of humanitarian aid.

If this is how Hamas behaves, Yediot Aharonot journalist Amichai Attali wrote, articulating this same mindset, then Israel should halt all but essential humanitarian aid – water and flour – to Gaza.

A nation so deeply divided over how to free the hostages – by an agreement that would include giving in to some of Hamas’s demands or by continued military pressure – viewed the same grisly video and came to opposite conclusions, which is exactly what Hamas hoped would happen.

It's fully understandable how families of the remaining hostages want an immediate deal with the terrorists, but it should not come as a surprise that the remaining hostages still alive would be murdered before handing them over, if that hasn't already happened, because this is how Jew hatred works.

The only solution to this situation is to eliminate Hamas and those who would try to eliminate Israel.

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The Rafah Fire: what we now know

Since Hamas slaughtered Israeli men, women and children on October 7, 2023, they have been losing the ground war with Israel, but winning the propaganda war. 

Over the weekend, the Israeli Air Force launched an attack in Rafah targeting two high-ranking Hamas leaders. The strike sparked a fire in a tent camp and it was discovered that the fire was the result of a secondary explosion, generally indicating that munitions were being stored in the area to cause such a situation.

Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, the chief military spokesman, said Tuesday the fighter jets fired two 17-kilo (37 pound) rockets to target the two senior Hamassholes and explained that such small munitions are incapable of causing the fire that killed those civilians. They are investigating and are currently looking into the possibility that weapons were being stored among Gazan civilians.

Palestinian so called health officials claim at least 45 people, around half of them women and children, were killed in Sunday’s strike. Obviously, the fire could have also been fed by cooking gas canisters and other material, but it's illogical to think that Israel would kill innocent civilians intentionally, because of the negative press they would follow that would feed into Hamas' dirty hands.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it was the result of a “tragic mishap,” which could have been prevented if Hamas didn't use their voters as human shields.

Rear Adm. Hagari said that Israeli intelligence knew Hamas leaders responsible for the Tel Aviv attack were meeting inside two buildings which were then specifically targeted. These buildings were over 1.5 kilometers from the tent area known as the "Safer Zone."

Hamas claims that Israel intentionally targeted the civilians, but if that is true, how then were they able to eliminate the two Hamas leaders if they weren't hiding among civilians, or if Hamas wasn't storing munitions nearby?

Finally, phone calls were intercepted by Israel between Hamas militants confirming the secondary explosions and that there were munitions in the area.

Israel has enough to deal with and they certainly don't need more negative propaganda for Hamas to spoon-feed the useful idiots and anti-Semites in the West. 

Why is it that Hamas can target civilians, burn women and their babies, and kill unarmed civilians, but Israel is the evil one in this war they never asked for but was promised by the Hamas charter simply because they hate Jews.

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BULLETIN: Fake report from Iran says IDF spokesperson and "mass resignation" goes viral

IDF Spokesman Daniel Hagari in Tel Aviv media briefing Oct. 16, 2023

Iran is as believable as the claim that a certain female Vice President is a brilliant orator. 

IDF Spokesman Daniel Hagari and his unit are unperturbed by the balderdash being spewed by Iran's Ministry of Bull Crap stating that several high ranking Israeli officials have announced their retirement from the IDF in spite of the war in Gaza. The reports were made on Israel's right-wing Channel 14 and was immediately reported on Iranian media.

[H/T Jerusalem Post.]

Channel 14’s Tamir Morag reported on Sunday night that several high-ranking officials in the IDF spokesperson’s unit announced their resignations around the same time amid the war.

Among them was “number two in the IDF spokesperson’s unit, Col. Shlomit Muller-Butbul,” who, according to the report, “is in the resignation process.”

“She was supposed to leave the week that the war broke out, but then, because the war broke out, she stayed a little,” an IDF source told The Jerusalem Post.

The Channel 14 report also claimed that “Moran Katz, a civilian employee of the IDF in the spokesperson’s unit at the colonel rank, quit after things didn’t work out ‘professionally and personally.’”

In reality, according to the source close to the matter, “Moran completed her contractual obligations and did not extend [her contract.]” This after over four years in her position.

Col. Tzofiya Moshkovitz was also reported as having resigned – but that's completely false.

“Tzofiya isn’t leaving at all,” the source said. “She didn’t agree to resign and is far from resigning. There is no one replacing her, and she isn’t replacing anyone. This is an outright lie.”

The report also claimed that IDF spokesperson to foreign media Col. Richard Hecht is resigning – this is true. However, the report claimed that he resigned after someone was positioned to “oversee him,” which was never the case.

Col. Merav Granot Stoller, also reported as having resigned, has simply “reached retirement age,” the source explained. "Even that wasn’t agreed upon; she simply reached the relevant age."

"Because we know the truth, we aren't phased by this report, truly," the source concluded.

Morag, the author of the report, claimed, in a post on X clarifying the report, that the media "avoids dealing with these issues because they eat out of the IDF spokesperson’s unit’s hands and depend on it."

This is completely untrue: the Israeli media uses plates and utensils to eat.

“The dependence of military reporters on the IDF spokesperson’s unit is a unique and very unhealthy phenomenon that does not exist in other fields of coverage,” Morag claimed.

The false report went viral on different media sources and social media and even I was initially taken in but decided to do a check of the story.

Despite being false, the report has been shared vigorously on posts throughout social media sources, including Reddit, Threads, X, and Facebook.

The report has also been posted on London-based Arab media source Middle East Eye, which has over 1.6 million followers on Instagram, as well as Turkish news website TRT World, which has 2.1 million followers. [Brain Flushings . . . not so much.]

Predictably, after the fake news hit social media, the game of "Telephone" went into effect and people began altering the actual story claiming the resignations had to do with the war in Gaza.

Some have also falsely reported, such as Al Jazeera, as they so often do, that IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari himself has resigned from his position. The Al Jazeera rag since retracted their statement after tens of thousands had read it and never got to read the retraction, as is usually the case.

Meanwhile, Joe Biden is still apparently alive, much to the dismay of the Democratic Party.

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Hundreds of Hamas terrorists have surrendered in Gaza: Yoav Gallant

Rather than dying as a glorious martyr, one who could make a mother proud to have a son riddled with bullets or blown into kibbles and bits, it turns out that hundreds of Hamassholes who "lost their fighting spirit" [aka weren't so sure about the so called 72 virgins thing] have recently surrendered to the IDF in the Gaza Strip, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said on Sunday. Israel is currently getting ready for an escalation in the north with Hezbollah, a terrorist group that is as anti-Semitic as Hitler, only with more gleeful barbarism.

"The deepening of military activities in Khan Yunis continues to bear fruit," Gallant said while visiting an IDF base in Beersheba. He was speaking of the southern Hamas bastion in Gaza where "[T]wo hundred terrorists have surrendered at Nasser Hospital; dozens have surrendered at the Amal Hospital."

"This shows that they have lost their fighting spirit. Terrorists armed with RPGs, weapons, and guns... did not fight back. They understood that their options were to surrender or die," according to Gallant.

"Hamas is left with forces in the central area of Gaza and the Rafah brigade. The only thing required for their total collapse as a military system is a decision by the IDF. There is no one here to come to their aid—no Iranians and no international assistance," Gallant told senior officials in the military's Southern Command.

"We will dismantle Hamas's six remaining battalions—we have no right to stop as long as there are 134 hostages left in Gaza," Gallant added.

We now know that no less than 32 hostages are dead, either killed immediately upon being kidnapped, or while being held hostage. Hamassholes murdered over 1,200 people, mostly civilians, including women and children, and wounded thousands more during the terror group's Oct. 7 attacks.

Last week, the IDF disclosed "credible evidence" that the terrorist group held at least some of the hostages it took at Nasser Hospital and that the bodies of dead captives may be located inside the Khan Yunis facility. It had also been previously reported, near the start of the war, that Hamas was sexually abusing the bodies of some of the dead hostages.

In a video message on Thursday, IDF spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari [a true Rear Admiral as opposed to Rear Adm. Rachel Levine who is a man who thinks he's a woman but has been given the military title by a demented American president] revealed that special forces were conducting a "precise and limited operation" inside the hospital, with the military later stating that several suspects were arrested.

The military had contacted the hospital's director, calling for an immediate halt to terrorist activity inside the facility and the immediate evacuation of Hamas operatives from the premises, the IDF noted.

It has been estimated that about ten percent of the 30,000 UNRWA workers are connected to Hamas, either as active terrorists, or terrorist aiders and abettors. That is likely a very conservative estimate as it has been shown in a survey that 82% in the West Bank support the October 7 massacre and 90% in Gaza want Abbas to leave office.

Meanwhile, there have been no sightings of "Queers for Palestine" noted in the region.

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Uh oh, the Houthis vow revenge and proportionate response after US, UK strike again in Yemen

Following the Sunday U.S. and U.K. airstrike in Yemen, the Iran-backed Houthi terrorists, aka Ansar Allah, have vowed 'escalation' hopefully in the form of a proportionate response, like that of President Biden, so that things don't get out of hand and cause a war.

Although the U.S. and U.K. sent fighter jets and B1 bombers to destroy Houthi targets, the terror group does not have the same air power and proportionate responses will be hard to accomplish. They do, however, have small, domestically-manufactured drones, they like to call "Qasef" drones. These little babies have been used by the Houthis [and the Blowfish] in attacks on targets in Saudi Arabia's military bases, airports, and oil facilities.

A Houthi spokes terrorist vowed to keep up the good fight and plans will remain in place to disrupt regional trade, "no matter the sacrifices it costs us." Because all good terrorists go to Jannah, collect 72 virgins and get to drink along the shores of rivers of wine.

"The US-British coalition’s bombing of a number of Yemeni provinces will not change our position, and we affirm that our military operations against Israel will continue until the crimes of genocide in Gaza are stopped and the siege on its residents is lifted, no matter the sacrifices it costs us," Houthi spokesman Mohammed al-Bukhaiti bravely tweeted.

"Our war is moral, and if we had not intervened to support the oppressed in Gaza, humanity would not have existed among humans. The American-British aggression against Yemen will not go unanswered, and we will meet escalation with escalation," he added.

Since the pond scum killed three of our soldiers in Jordan, tensions have been very high. It is believed that President Biden may have said something about an ongoing response but it was difficult to make out his words. He mumbled something about targeting Yemen, Iraq, Lebanon, and Syria then attempted to find his way offstage.

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan, who is gay, also refused to rule out the possibility of carrying out strikes within Iran in the near future on Sunday because he doesn't want to start any trouble.

Tensions between Israel and Hezbollah are also high and could lead to another front in Israel's current war against the Hamassholes that the latter started on October 7.  The Jewish State made it clear that if push came to shove, they would not hesitate to invade in order to protect themselves.

"We do not choose war as our first priority, but we are certainly prepared," IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari said. "We will continue to act wherever Hezbollah is present, we will continue to act wherever it is required in the Middle East. What is true for Lebanon is true for Syria, and is true for other more distant places." 

He added: "The Holocaust was real, but the Jews aren't so easy to f*** with anymore."

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Hamas and Islamic Jihad rockets fall in Gaza about 20 percent of the time killing civilians: IDF

When you build rockets out of plumbing pipes and solder, they will not always go where you aimed them. Sometimes when Hamas and Islamic Jihad fires their DIY rockets, they hit Gaza schools--it really happens more often than you might think. In fact, an Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) official says it happens about 20 percent of the time.

A stream of rockets fired by Hamas and Islamic Jihad along with Iran-backed terrorists have caused the deaths of Palestinians since the sneak attack on Israeli civilians began October 7th.

"They are killing their own people," IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari said Saturday, noting that one-fifth have missed Israeli targets (men, women, children, babies) and landed in Gaza instead, killing civilians. Hagari said that number is more than 550 rockets.

Biden referred to Israel and Hamas as "teams" so I will call the terrorist groups "the gangs that couldn't shoot straight."

Hagari spoke about four days after the al-Ahli Hospital parking lot in Gaza City was struck by an errant rocket. In less than an hour, Hamas claimed 500 Gazans were killed by the Israeli rocket, but an investigation using video, audio and radar proved the rocket came from Islamic Jihad. And the fact that Hamas came up with the death toll so quickly should have alerted the media that the Hamas claim was BS, but BSMSNBC, BSCNN, and BS NY Times went along with the terrorists' propaganda. 

See, even Hamas uses the idea of "never let a tragedy go to waste" to their advantage, and with the fake news press, it worked out great for them.

Online video showed clearly that it was the parking lot, not the hospital that was struck by a rocket on Tuesday. There were some burned out cars that caught fire and ignited neighboring vehicles, but the hospital remained untouched. There was no deep bomb crater and no bodies for Hamas to put on display, which should have alerted the media about the veracity of their claim, but they still went along with Hamas and riots predictably broke out all around the globe.

Do you think for one second that if Israel really killed 500 Gazans that Hamas would not have lined up the bodies for the cameras?

Israel investigated and finally said the rocket was fired by Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a State Department-designated foreign terrorist organization backed by Iran.

Acme Rocket Company

"An analysis of IDF operational systems indicates that a barrage of rockets was fired by terrorists in Gaza, passing in close proximity to the al-Ahli [Baptist] Hospital in Gaza at the time it was hit," IDF officials said. "Intelligence from multiple sources we have in our hands indicates that Islamic Jihad is responsible for the failed rocket launch which hit the hospital in Gaza."

Research analyst for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies' Long War Journal, Joseph Truzman, said the string of misfires by the terror group is a result of "Hamas and other groups like Islamic Jihad" having to "make do with the material they have."

"Iran is the chief supporter of several Palestinian armed groups, including other bad actors across the region," Truzman told Fox News Digital. "The regime in Iran funds, arms and supports its network of proxies and clients. The caveat with Palestinian groups in Gaza and the West Bank is that Iran is not able to transfer advanced weapons without the Israelis thwarting it. Iran has likely been able to get some weapons through, but it's a difficult task.

"Because of this hurdle, the Iranians focus on arming Hamas, Islamic Jihad and other Palestinian terrorist organizations with the know-how to build weapons," he explained. "With this knowledge, Hamas is able to locally produce rockets, mortars, drones and other weapons. While this knowledge has its advantages in the war against Israel, Hamas and other groups like Islamic Jihad have to make do with the materiel they have."

It was so obvious who fired the rockets after the evidence was in, that even President Biden agreed with Israel's statement. But in spite of that, he still refuses to enforce oil sanctions on Iran, and still seems to plan to fund Hamas and other terrorist groups in the region.

A chart released by the IDF last week showed an increasing number of Hamas and Islamic Jihad rockets failed upon launch and crashed in the Gaza Strip. Nearly 13% of the rockets that were fired toward Israel Oct. 17 landed in the densely populated enclave.

Describing some methods terrorists have used in an effort to achieve their mission, Truzman noted that "Hamas has dug up underground water pipes that were left behind following the evacuation of Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip."

"These pipes are used to build rockets. And while it may be a clever method to build up Hamas' arsenal, it doesn't mean the rockets are effective and will always travel to the intended target," he added. "Also, the rockets are produced by terrorist organizations, not a complex arms industry."

Regarding why there have been so many misfires, Truzman said he believes it's because the terrorists have not "perfected" the process of developing efficient rockets with reliable materials.

"An example of a misfire was filmed last year by a pro-Hamas outfit called al-Mayadeen. The crew filmed a rocket fired by a Palestinian terrorist group, landing short, striking civilian infrastructure," he said. "While Hamas and other groups have learned how to self-produce rockets, it certainly doesn't mean they have perfected it, and this is likely the reason why we are witnessing some of these rockets landing inside the Gaza Strip."

But leave it to the Western press to blame Israel for the actions of terrorists.

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IDF eliminates Jenin terror cell on way to attack Israel

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) eliminated an imminent Palestinian attack on Sunday, killing three terrorists near Jenin who were on their way to attack Israeli civilians. This operation comes just one day after another Islamic Jihad terrorist murdered a heroic Israeli security guard, Chen Amir, in the heart of Tel Aviv.

After the firefight in which IDF soldiers opened fire at a vehicle carrying the terrorists they found an assault rifle and ammunition. The bodies of the terrorists are being held by Israeli authorities.

According to the authorities, the head of the terrorist cell was Naif Abu Suias, 26, who was a resident of the Jenin refugee camp which had harbored several other terrorists. Abu Suias was a “prominent military operative … who was involved in military activity against our forces and in advancing military activity directed by terror elements from the Gaza Strip,” the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) said.

IDF spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said that Abu Suias’s cell had planned to carry out a drive-by shooting against Israeli civilians in Samaria, similar to the one that killed Meir Tamari on May 31. So his killing likely spared the lives of innocent Israelis.

The same terrorist cell had been involved in previous attacks, added Hagari.

“I commend the security forces and the IDF for thwarting a terrorist cell that was on the way to attack Israeli citizens,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. “We will continue to take action against those who seek to attack us, anywhere and anytime.”

The terrorist who killed Israeli security guard, Chen Amir on the previous day was Kamel Abu Bakr, 22, who was from Rummanah near Jenin. He was a member of Islamic Jihad, a terrorist group that had been hiding out in the Jenin camp for the past six months.

The Shin Bet arrested several of Abu Bakr’s family members in connection with the attack, it was revealed on Sunday because terrorism is often a family affair.

Security services were investigating whether Abu Bakr had accomplices and how he had crossed the security barrier at the 1949 Armistice Line without an entry permit.

Jenin has been a hotbed of terrorist activity for over a year and one thing for certain is that it isn't over.

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