Palestinian Chicken

KFC smuggled into Gaza Strip via weapons tunnels
AP

For about $27, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip can have Kentucky Fried Chicken smuggled through an illicit underground smuggling tunnel connected to Egypt, according to reports.

U.N.: Hamas Rocket
Killed Palestinian Child

Israel not responsible for sensationalized death of reporter’s son, U.N. confirms
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The United Nations confirmed that a Hamas rocket killed the son of a Gaza-based BBC reporter, not an Israeli airstrike as originally reported by many Western media outlets. A Hamas rocket killed the son of a Gaza-based BBC reporter, not an Israeli airstrike as originally reported by many Western media outlets, the United Nations has confirmed.

Hamas Cancels Fun Run

Terrorist group cancels U.N. marathon due to female participation
Photo from the 2012 Gaza marathon / AP

The third Gaza Marathon has been cancelled after Hamas authorities in the Palestinian territory refused to allow woman to participate.

IDF to NYT: We Targeted Terrorists, Not Journalists

New York Times' ‘reliable, primary source’ for claim: Hamas
AP

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has detailed the terrorist activities and affiliations of Palestinians the New York Times claimed were simply “cameramen” in a report that accused Israel of targeting journalists in the Gaza Strip.

A Sudan Surprise

Hamas militants may have received new weapons from Iran through Sudan, experts say
Smoke rises after an Israeli forces strike in Gaza City / AP

Sudan has played a key role in arming Hamas militants with sophisticated Iranian-made rockets, experts said. The Israeli Defense Forces’ (IDF) principal objective in Gaza was to rid Palestinian terrorists of sophisticated Iranian-produced rockets that are capable of striking deep into Israel’s heartland, including Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.

Target Troubles

IDF Maj. Gen. (Res.): Israel ‘running out of targets’
Smoke rises during an explosion from an Israeli forces strike in Gaza City / AP

Israel is facing a critical turning point in its war against Hamas militants according to Maj. Gen. (Res.) Dan Harel, former deputy chief of the Israeli Defense Force (IDF)’s General Staff and a former head of its Southern Command.

The Rising Tide

Column: Washington fiddles as global dangers mount
Palestinian Hamas supporters burning the Israeli flag / AP

“The tide of war is receding,” President Barack Obama is fond of saying. Who’s he kidding? It has not been two weeks since the president’s reelection and already foreign policy crises are metastasizing. Israel’s justified retaliation at Hamas rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip may escalate into the second Gaza war in four years. But the Middle East of 2012 is not the Middle East of 2008. Gaza neighbors an Egypt governed not by the secular dictatorship of Hosni Mubarak but by the religious-inspired democracy of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed Morsi.