And off for some lunch ......
Of course they'll need to put their RPG shields on first.
Posted on 12/29/2008 7:04:43 AM PST by fella
Dec 29, 2008 9:55 | Updated Dec 29, 2008 16:32 Over 50 rockets strike South; 1 killed by Grad in Ashkelon By JPOST.COM STAFF
Gaza terrorists fired over 50 projectiles at southern Israel Monday, the latest two rockets hitting the Ashkelon Beach region, causing no casualties or damage.
Earlier Monday, Hanni Al-Mahdi, 27, of the Beduin town of Aroer in the Negev, was killed and at least 14 people were wounded when a Grad-type missile hit a construction site in Ashkelon's center.
Of the wounded, five were reported to be in moderate-to-serious condition and the rest were lightly wounded. Several people were sent into shock by the attack.
According to Channel 2, the missile hit the top floor of the building, which did not yet have a roof.
ambulances evacuated all the casualties to the city's Barzilai Hospital.
Most of the people at the site were Arab construction workers from Rahat and the Manda village in the Galilee.
Following the attack, Hamas's military wing called on Egyptian and Jordanian citizens working in Israel to leave all Israeli cities, Army Radio reported.
Hamas took responsibility for firing the missile and reported that a "Zionist" was killed in the attack.
Moussa, a construction worker from Kfar Manda who was lightly wounded in the Ashkelon attack, told Army Radio that there were about twelve workers at the site at the time of the attack.
Moussa said a public library was being constructed there, and added that the work at the site had been underway for several years.
In Sderot, several people suffered from shock after their house sustained a direct hit from a rocket.
The IDF on Monday morning declared the area along the Gaza border a closed military zone, denying entrance to all but local residents.
The ban included journalists. However, it was not clear how effectively the order was being upheld, as a correspondent for the British Sky News network was seen reporting from the border in the late morning.
Yaakov Katz contributed to this report
And off for some lunch ......
Of course they'll need to put their RPG shields on first.
D9’s do amazing things.
These Rocket heads should get another job . . . maybe as a UN peace keeper.
A little perspective on Israel’s so-called ‘disproportionate response’
Statistics of Kassam rocket and mortar fire from the Gaza Strip
Total rocket attacks [through Nov. 30, 2008]:
Since the first rocket fell on Israel on 16 April 2001: 3,706
Since the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in August 2005: 3,123
Since the Hamas takeover of Gaza in mid-June 2007: 1,685
This year: From 1 Jan through 30 Nov 2008: 1,212
Mortar bomb hits since April 2001: 3,948
I wonder if the hamas fighters are familiar with the term “counter battery fire?” I’ll bet they are now.
I’m all for a “disproportionate response” anyway. If someone comes at me with a knife I shouldn’t be made to feel bad if I respond with a gun. These terrorist hell holes have been given far too much leniency. Giving in to their demands is proven to fail, wiping them out is the only option.
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