Hezbollah Rains 120 Rockets on Israel

The New York Times ^ | July 14, 2006 | Greg Myre

[KingofZion]

Hezbollah rockets rained on the northern part of the country on Thursday, and this resort, tucked into the far northwestern corner, was perhaps the hardest hit. *** The second day of heavy shooting across the border by the Lebanese militant group began early in the morning, when one rocket slammed into an open field just 200 yards from Western Galilee Hospital, the town’s main medical center. An apartment building took a direct hit and burst into flames. One woman was killed while on the balcony of her apartment in another building. A man also died in the town of Safad. **At the hospital in Nahariya, the patients, including expectant mothers, were moved into underground rooms as a precaution. In the emergency ward, a steady stream of wailing women and sobbing children filled the chaotic hallways. The hospital treated more than 30 civilians for injuries, while more than 120 arrived, many from Majdel Krum, saying they were suffering from shock.

Hezbollah launched more than 120 Katyusha rockets into northern Israel on Thursday in one of its largest such attacks, the Israeli military said.

Eyad Deep, an ambulance driver in the town of Acre, received word of the attack in Majdel Krum, his home village. He said that when he arrived there he discovered that the home of his brother had been hit, though no one in his family was seriously hurt.

[KingofZion]

Can you imagine what our response would be if anyone, i.e. Mexico, launched 120 rockets at Texas? Of course, major media is only showing pictures of the bombs dropped on poor Hezbollah folks, no pics of the craters in Israeli villages.

The bigger question is whether Israel will go after the rocket makers in Iran. Stay tuned.

[justa-hairyape]

'In last 18 hours, 160 rockets fired on Israel from Lebanon. Currently there are 200 thousand Israelis in Shelters in Northern Israel'. Those are the paraphrased words of, Ehud Danich General Council of Israel who was just on Channel 13 Los Angeles News.

[goldstategop]

I have a feeling the scope of Israel's offensive will grow even larger. Israel enemies have seen nothing yet.

(The Palestinian terrorist regime is the crisis and Israel's fist is the answer.)

[joanie-f]

The Middle East situation is probably the most potentially catastrophic (not only for Israel, but for civilization in general) situation in many generations. Yet, at the same time, it is probably the least understood ... thanks mostly to (1) the anti-Semitic nature of the huge majority of those in politically powerful positions around the globe, (2) the anti-Semitic nature of the huge majority of those in the mainstream media around the globe, and (3) the utter ignorance of those who allow themselves to be pablum-fed by (1) and (2).

The (almost too) simple truths about the eternal (unless and until the nation of Israel falls) unrest in the Middle East are:

• That Israel simply wants to exist, and the Palestinian Authority (and Arabs in general) seek (even more resolutely than the well-being and security of their own people) the destruction of the Jewish homeland. Call the Palestinians' determination to destroy Israel by any name you wish (jihad, single-minded crusade, mania, fixation....), but know this: it's not going to end in our or our children's lifetimes.

• Any peace murmurs (either past, or future), or toning down of belligerent rhetoric, emanating from the mouth of Arafat’s political progeny amount to nothing more than a smokescreen, presented for effect, and motivated by a need to regroup, re-arm, or re-strategize before launching the next offensive.

• Any peace accord demands (such as the right of return) made on the part of the Palestinians are nothing more than outrageous attempts to further weaken/degrade Israel.

• The Palestinians could easily (and more logically) turn their eyes elsewhere in their (ostensible) search for a homeland (Jordan, perhaps?). They do not look to greener pastures simply because it is not a pasture that they want. They want blood. And blood of only one type.

• Palestinian leaders use their own people as pawns, keeping the majority of them in a constant state of upheaval and poverty, while at the same time keeping up the constant hate Israel drumbeat ... from the cradle to the grave. It's kind of hard to feel empathy for, or alliance with, leaders when the people over whom they hold those positions of leadership are perceived as but cogs in a (blood-stained, hate-filled) ideological, agenda-driven wheel.

• If the IDF is not able to continue to maintain its (relative to its enemies) high level of military readiness/equipment/weaponry, and/or if the U.S. continues to shy away from a firm commitment to see to it that the nation of Israel continues to have a right to exist (despite growing global propaganda that intimates otherwise), both the Jewish state itself, and the world in general, had better prepare for a nightmare the likes of which we can hardly imagine.

~ joanie....

[JillValentine]

The New York Times is actually reporting on the suffering of Israelis, caused by Islamic terrorist attacks? That has got to be a first.

Maybe someday, the barbaric apes at the Slimes will actually recognize Israel's right to exist.

[sofaman]

I hope you're right...my son is in Tiberius...they saw 7 strikes last night north of them, but enough to interrupt electrical service to his hotel...

[goldstategop]

My only regret is the missle this morning that hit Haifa didn't hit the home of Ilan Pape. Steve Plaut was the first to report on his blog it fell a couple of miles from his home and he could hear the boom. If they fell on the right people, perhaps they might cure Israel's arrogant Leftists of their delusions. After all, the country is now at war.

(The Palestinian terrorist regime is the crisis and Israel's fist is the answer.)

[Westlander]

Time for the final crusade.

[Not now, Not ever!]

Oh, I don't know, The Mexican army has crossed the border more than 200 times in the last few years and the U.S. has done what?

That's right, nada.

[Dallas59]

We won't do anything. Any citizen fighting back would be arrested, charged and imprisoned.

[TalBlack]

"Call the Palestinians' determination to destroy Israel by any name you wish (jihad, single-minded crusade, mania, fixation....), but know this: it's not going to end in our or our children's lifetimes."

Give such people all of what they want--which is war--and it will end in a matter of a few short years. Always does. But it involves killing a huge number of the lovers of war, something no one has the stomach for anymore.

[StonyBurk]

And the evil seed of Ishmael shall recieve a hundredfold
return on that which they have sown in the name of their
father the devil. The Lord has NOT forgotten Israel.The fan
is in His hand--and I wait for the winnowing to be done.

[Labyrinthos]

Can you imagine what our response would be if anyone, i.e. Mexico, launched 120 rockets at Texas?

Congress would offer the attackers guest worker status and a chance for U.S. citizenship.

[StonyBurk]

Border? what border? We don't need no stinkin' borders?
Pardon my bastardization of a great old movie line.You are SO right of course. And while our elected officials pretend to be alarmed that the shots fired from Mexico
most recently occured they will do-Nada -- for they are
no Mas --No Mas.

[SJackson]

Can you imagine what our response would be if anyone, i.e. Mexico, launched 120 rockets at Texas?

Restraint?

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[Teacher317]

Good. Fire some more. Keep Israel on the offensive. Do not stop until they are afraid to fire anymore, not just until they are willing to stop firing them for a while. Short-term peace is meaningless there.

[sandbar]

By Major Media, do you mean the news networks? Because unless the masses (not likely) decide to go watch these channels, noone knows anything. I watched 30 minutes of local news this morning and got weather/traffic and even how a puppy was found, cleaned up and adopted. And a cat got their tail cut off and was 'recovering well', but nada, nothing on Isreal.

Leave it to the "news" to decide that most in America can't handle reality.

[hershey]

If Mexico fired 120 rockets at us, we'd say they had a good reason for doing it. (We didn't fix/rebuild their infrastructure fast enough.)

[philetus]

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is calling on Israel to exercise restraint in its ongoing military offensive to free kidnapped Israeli soldiers. She says Syria and Iran must stop backing terrorists."