The Hunt: Tensions rising in Israel and Gaza

The Hunt: May 12, 2021 (J.J. Green)

Rocket attacks from Hamas inside Israel have been met with air strikes from Israeli Defense Forces in Gaza. It marks the worst violence in five years in the region.

On this week’s edition of “The Hunt, with WTOP National Security Correspondent J.J. Green,” Capt. Libby Weiss, a spokesperson for the Israeli Defense Forces, described the activity on the ground.

Green also spoke with with Laura Albast and Sammy Alqasem of the Palestinian Youth Movement about the recent rash of hostilities between Israel and Palestine.


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J.J. Green

JJ Green is WTOP's National Security Correspondent. He reports daily on security, intelligence, foreign policy, terrorism and cyber developments, and provides regular on-air and online analysis. He is also the host of two podcasts: Target USA and Colors: A Dialogue on Race in America.

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