Liveblog: Coordinated terror attacks near Egyptian border

This is a liveblog of the events currently going on near the Egyptian border in the area of Eilat. There's a full map of the area in the 2:55 pm update and a more detailed map in the 3:36 pm update. There are three events.

1. 'Palestinian' terrorists shot at an Egged bus - number 392 - from Beer Sheva to Eilat. The driver kept driving and no one on the bus was killed. The bus driver has just

Hamas refuses to hand attackers to Egypt

Hamas has refused to hand over to Egypt ten Gazan terrorists who - Egypt alleges - participated in a recent attack on an Egyptian police station in El Arish. Citing a "well-placed Egyptian source," the report said that Egyptian authorities have provided evidence to Hamas implicating the men who Egypt says escaped back into Gaza via tunnels.

With each request, Hamas officials gave different

Israeli and Jordanian charged with spying in Egypt?

An Israeli and a Jordanian have been arrested and charged with spying for the Mossad according to a report emanating from Egypt. The Israeli has not been named, but is apparently not Ilan Grapel (pictured), who was arrested for spying in June. An Israeli and a Jordanian were set to go on trial in Egypt on suspicion that they were spying for the Mossad, according to a MENA news agency report

Gaza being blockaded... by Egypt

A Scottish aid convoy has been denied entry into Gaza... by Egypt. In an interview with Press TV, Dr. Hasan Nowarah, a peace activist for Justice for Palestine, and a member of the Scottish aid convoy stuck at the Rafah crossing, gives a detailed account of his travel to the Rafah border, and subsequent rejection to enter Gaza.Press TV: We'd like you to tell us more about your situation. Why have

Hamas' new weapons suppliers

Citing 'senior defense officials,' Haaretz reports that weapons smuggling into Gaza has dramatically increased since the Hosni Mubarak was deposed in Egypt (Hat Tip: Barry Rubin). In the past few months, Hamas has acquired improved high-trajectory rockets, ready-made explosive devices, anti-tank missiles and possibly anti-aircraft missiles, the sources told Haaretz.Anti-aircraft missiles could

Gaza's new source of arms

Strategic Affairs Minister Moshe (Boogie) Yaalon said on Thursday that Hamas is exploiting the unstable situation in Libya to purchase arms for Gaza. "Weapons are available in Libya as a result of the unstable situation there, and Hamas has exploited it to buy weapons from Libyan smugglers," the former IDF chief of staff told foreign journalists in a briefing, without elaborating on the kind of