Alray International Media Watch section is a daily press tour through selected international websites and newspapers, particularly the Israeli ones.
This section is prepared by Alray Palestinian Media Agency to update its viewers with the most Palestinian top news in the international press.
Yedioth Ahronoth:
A commander in Hamas's military wing was killed early Thursday in an ISIS suicide bombing at the Rafah border crossing, which connects the Gaza Strip and Egypt. Further details
The Government Press Office (GPO) intends to cancel an Al Jazeera journalist's press accreditation on the grounds that he is biased towards the Palestinians, said GPO director Nitzan Chen on Wednesday. Further details
Yahya Sinwar sent a threatening message to Israel during a press briefing on Tuesday, saying that while Hamas is not looking to start a war, it will "pummel" Israel if necessary. "Hamas is not seeking a confrontation, but if such a confrontation should arise, Hamas will pummel Israel," said Sinwar. Further details
The IDF, together with the Border Police and the Civil Administration, demolished overnight Tuesday the West Bank home of the Palestinian who stabbed three Israelis to death in their home at the nearby Jewish settlement of Halamish last month. Further details
A crowdfunding campaign raised over NIS 1 million for police officer Tzipi Yaakobiyan, who was paralyzed as a result of a terror attack at the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem a year ago. Further details
The leader of the Islamic Movement's outlawed northern branch, Sheikh Raed Salah, was arrested early Tuesday morning on suspicion of inciting terrorism. Further details
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is sending a security delegation to the United States that will include Mossad director Yossi Cohen. Further details
Shin Bet and police forces uncovered a network of money transfers from Hamas to the families of convicted terrorists, including the mother of Tarek Abu-Arafa, who took part in the 1994 kidnapping and murder of IDF soldier Nachson Wachsman. Further details
The Jerusalem Post:
An unidentified individual blew himself up on Thursday morning near the Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. Further details
The Government Press Organization invalidated the press credentials of an Al Jazeera reporter on Wednesday, after he said his journalism was part of the Palestinian “resistance.” Further details
The Palestinian leadership in Ramallah is considering either forcing another group of Palestinian Authority employees working in the health and education sectors in the Gaza Strip into early retirement or slashing social-welfare payments allocated to the territory as a continuation of its measures to pressure Hamas to cede control of the Strip, Ahmad Majdalani, a close confidante of PA President Mahmoud Abbas, said on Wednesday. Further details
Security forces demolished the house of the Palestinian terrorist who killed three Israelis in a stabbing attack in Halamish, the IDF said on Wednesday. Further details
For the first time in more than three months, Egypt opened the Rafah crossing, to allow some 2,500 Gazans to partake in the annual hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. Further details
The Shamasneh family has received another extension on its Sheikh Jarrah home eviction on Tuesday, when the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court decided a discussion on the matter will be held on Thursday. Further details
Israel is expected to shortly reopen its embassy in Cairo, some nine months after it was closed due to security concerns, according to media reports on Tuesday. Further details
A blue-ribbon Israeli security delegation is expected to travel to Washington later this week for talks focusing on Iran and the situation in Syria. Further details
The Times of Israel:
Israeli forces demolished the home of a Palestinian terrorist who killed a Border Police officer in a stabbing and shooting attack outside the Old City of Jerusalem, the army said Thursday morning. Further details
A suicide bomber killed a Hamas guard in southern Gaza early Thursday when forces tried to stop him from infiltrating into Egypt, members of the terror organization said, in what sources described as a rare attack against the Islamist group. Further details
Hamas’s chief in the Gaza Strip, Yahya Sinwar, said on Wednesday that his movement was not interested in a war, but added that should a conflict break out, Hamas will “crush” Israel. Further details
The foreigners yell “fire, fire, fire” before shooting their automatic weapons as Israeli instructors look on — but this is no military training. Further details
The Government Press Office revoked the credentials of an Al Jazeera reporter Wednesday for allegedly being an “active partner in Palestinian resistance” amid Israeli efforts to boot the network from the country. Further details
At the height of the clashes surrounding the Temple Mount crisis last month, Border Police officers entered a hospital in East Jerusalem, disrupted medical work and behaved violently toward staff and patients, an Israeli rights group has alleged. Further details
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday congratulated North Korean Leader Kim Jong-Un on the occasion of his country’s “Liberation day,” amid a high-stakes nuclear standoff between Pyongyang and Washington. Further details
Israel National News:
IDF forces, in conjunction with Border Police and the Civil Administration, demolished the house of Adael Hassan Ahmad Ankosh, one of the “terrorists” who committed the combination shooting and stabbing attack at the Damascus Gate in which Border Policewoman Hadas Malka was murdered. Further details
The Interior Ministry in Gaza said on Wednesday night that a suicide bomber blew himself up at the Rafah crossing on the Egyptian border, according to reports in Israeli and Arab media. Further details
Yahya Sinwar, Hamas’s leader in Gaza, on Wednesday threatened to “pummel” Israel if necessary. Further details
Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday once again outlined his conditions for negotiations with Israel. Further details
The Government Press Office (GPO) invalidated the Israeli press credentials of a reporter for the Qatari news agency Al Jazeera Wednesday. Further details
Press TV:
Tel Aviv is set to revoke the press credentials of an Al Jazeera journalist over his positions in favor of Palestinian resistance amid the regime’s efforts to close the office of Qatar’s pan-Arab broadcaster in the occupied territories. Further details
The Palestinian Islamic resistance movement, Hamas, has pledged to “crush Israel in case it wages another war on the besieged Gaza Strip. Further details
The Israeli regime will return its ambassador to Cairo and its embassy will reopen soon, following a meeting between Israeli officials and the Egyptian leadership, a report said. Further details
Tel Aviv’s forces have flattened a house near the city of Ramallah in the West Bank, which belonged to a Palestinian youth accused by the regime of being behind a deadly stabbing attack against Israeli settlers. Further details
Israeli military forces have arrested the leader of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel for allegedly inciting violence and involvement in an outlawed organization. Further details
Worldbulletin:
A former United Nations human rights investigator and emeritus professor of international law at Princeton University in the U.S. said it was “clear that [on] all the major issues international law is strongly on the side of Palestinians". Further details
