Posted on 02/03/2009 12:20:51 AM PST by rmarley
Palestinian militants fired a long-range rocket from Gaza into southwestern Israel on Tuesday morning. It was the first such attack into the city of Ashkelon since the two sides declared a cease-fire, the Israeli military said.
The missile fired from a Grad rocket launcher did not cause any injuries or damage in the coastal city, said a spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces.
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Counter-battery fire. Every time.
C’mon Israel.
Time for a major disproportional response.
Wait till Bibi gets elected, and it will be fun time in Gaza once again.
round two?
They rearmed mighty fast after the “ceasefire”
From yesterday :
9:04 PM During [a] test (matriculation exams: Regents, AP, A Levels/GCSE matriculation exams) earlier today, students in Shaar HaNegev (Western Negev) were forced to flee in the middle of the test due to imminent rocket strike. Test booklets were left open on the desk. Rocket hit in an open area near the school. Students and proctor went back and continued taking the test. Ministry of Education gave the students an additional 10 minutes.
IOW, this is not the first rocket or break in the so-called “cease fire”. There has been a cease fire only if you consider getting hit by one or two rockets a day instead of ten to be a cease fire.
But the Israeli government doesn’t want to have to go in and do the dirty work, so it keeps trying to avoid taking the job on...
“Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.” —William Tecumseh Sherman
And more for today, from a live blogger :
1:08 PM Despite ongoing Hamas mortar and rocket strikes on Israel, International Humanitarian Aid will continue to enter Gaza today via Israel’s border crossings to the tune of 200 trucks. (source)
1:05 PM Additional mortar barrage at Western Negev; mortars land in open area; no reports of injuries or damage.
12:34 PM Air Raid/Color Red warning sirens in Eshkol Negev region communities.
BTW, this is not an escalation at all; just a routine day in the cease fire.
I’m actually surprised at CNN - usually these articles, no matter what the source, contain some biased nonsense like, “the rocket fire threatened the days-old cease-fire” - as if the rocket fire didn’t BREAK the ceasefire.
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