Israel, Gaza militants trade fire after talks fail
GAZA CITY: Palestinian militants launched dozens of rockets and Israel responded with airstrikes on Wednesday after Egyptian efforts to mediate a lasting truce in the monthlong Gaza war collapsed in a hail of fire a day earlier. The fighting resumed Tuesday when Gaza militants fired rockets at... read more »
Saudi beheads 4 men for smuggling drugs
Four Saudi men have been beheaded by sword after being convicted of smuggling cannabis into the country, the interior ministry has said. The government-owned SPA news agency identified the Saudi men on Monday as two sets of brothers – Hadi and Awad al-Motleq, and Mufarraj and Ali... read more »
39 militants killed in Khyber, North Waziristan strikes
Helicopter gunships strafed their targets in Dattakhel and Shawal tehsils of North Waziristan and in the remote Tirah valley of Khyber Agency, security officials said. In all 12 hideouts of militants were destroyed and 39 militants were killed in these air raids, they added. The Inter-Services... read more »
Israel’s surprise assassination attempt on Deif may backfire and stre...
It doesn’t matter whether Hamas fired the rockets that hit the Negev Tuesday evening, or knew who fired them, or was as surprised by the fire as Israel was. Whatever the case, Israel will have a hard time declaring that Operation Protective Edge in Gaza is over. Even if understandings with the... read more »
