Posted on 07/16/2006 12:06:47 PM PDT by SJackson
Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Dan Halutz said on Sunday afternoon that the more advanced Fajar missiles that were fired with a barrage of other rockets at Haifa on Sunday morning, killing eight people, were made in Syria.
Meanwhile, the names of the eight victims of the Haifa attack were released for publication. The following people all died when a rocket hit a maintenance depot at the train station: Shlomi Mansora, 35, from Nahariya; Rafi Hazan, 30, from Haifa; Kiryat Ata residents Nissin Elharach, 43, and Reuven Levy, 46; Kiryat Yam residents Asahel Damati, 39, David Feldman, 28, and Dennis Lapidus, 24, and Shmuel Ben Shimon, 41, from Upper Yokne'am.
Just two hours after the fatal attack, a second barrage of rockets landed in Haifa's port area and Nahariya.
A third barrage of rockets hit the Haifa area on Sunday afternoon. Nobody was wounded in the latest attack. Air raid sirens had sounded immediately before the Katyushas hit.
MDA reported on Sunday evening that eight people were killed and 39 people wounded, four seriously, nine moderately, eight lightly and 18 suffering shock, since Sunday morning in northern Israel.
Since the fighting in the north began, a total of 20 Israelis have been killed including IDF troops.
377 have been wounded - seven seriously, 22 moderately, 127 lightly and 201 have suffered shock.
All train traffic to and from the Haifa has been temporarily halted, with service ending at Binyamina.
The victims of the Haif attacks were taken to Rambam and Bnei Zion hospitals in Haifa. [Haifa Municipality emergency hotline: 1212-466-106; Rambam information hotline: 1255144; Bnei Zion hotline: 1255-145; Karmel Hospital hotline: 1255-142]
"I saw bodies in the warehouse. The picture was not pleasant," one witness, who identified himself as Igor, told Army Radio.
About 30 people were working in the depot at the time of the attack, Ofer Litzevski, an official with the train company, told reporters.
The Home Front Command has ordered residents of Haifa, Acre and Nesher into bomb shelters. In addition, all residents north of the Haifa-Tiberias line should stay close to secure areas, the Home Front Command said Sunday morning.
Haifa Mayor Yoni Yahav said Sunday, "We have increased the emergency hotline's capabilities dramatically and opened up bomb shelters."
Egged stopped running buses in Haifa and Nahariya for a number of hours, and Bezeq said lines were overloaded, causing failures.
Security forces have instructed residents in the Gush Dan area - from Tel Aviv north - to raise their level of awareness.
If rockets were to start falling in the area, sirens would be sounded and residents would be instructed to enter secure rooms, bomb shelters, or, if neither were available, to lie flat on the ground.
Hizbullah bombarded Israel's northern communities earlier Sunday as well, as a barrage of Katyusha rockets hit Mount Meron and the Druse village of Hurfeish.
There were no reports of any casualties.
On Saturday, Hizbullah introduced Tiberias to the list of targets within the range of its rockets.
MDA reported that throughout Saturday it had treated 90 lightly wounded people, 15 of whom suffered from shrapnel and collusions. Over the weekend, the toll came to 185 casualties, including two fatalities, five people moderately wounded, 56 lightly wounded and 122 who suffered from shock.
The names of the two people who were killed in a bombardment on Meron on Friday evening - a child and his grandmother - were released on Saturday. The child was 7-year-old Omer Pesahov from Nahariya and his grandmother was 58-year-old Yehudit Itzkovich from Meron.
The IDF deployed Patriot anti-missile batteries in Haifa on Friday, in response to the number and range of the Hizbullah attacks.
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I've seen comparisons of the impact of Israeli's killed on their total population.
In other words, 20 Israeli's killed doesn't sound like a huge number to us, but when compared to their total population it's is much larger than it appears.
Anyone have the figures of comparison?
What about the chinese made missile that hit the israeli warship. That had to have been provided by Iran and fired by Iranian troops.
Time for Israel to put up their armed drones and take those sites out.
Well, if they belong to Syria, it's only right that they should be given back to Syria ... with interest, of course.
US population c. 300 million, Israel c. 7 million, a ratio of about 43:1.
"Anyone have the figures of comparison?"
It still sounds like a lot to me. Nasrallah said they don't target civilians, but he's playing al-taqqiyah word games. They consider all Israeli men, women, and children to be military, so it's perfectly ok in their book.
What would our reaction be if the enemy was launching missiles at our house?It is time for all out aggression or we will lose!
It ticks me off. We're at war with Syria and Iran too, but nobody dare admit it. If we sent a division into Syria on the west and another into Iran on the northeast that might make them a little too busy to be so mischeivous in Lebanon.
Israeli air strikes are NOT intended to kill civilians, unlike the Hezbollah missiles which intentionally target civilian areas. Civilian deaths are tragic but Israel dropped leaflets warning people to stay away from Hezbollah strongholds. The major issue is that the cowards known as Hezbollah deliberately locate their facilities and missile launch sites near residential areas. The cowards use the "kinsmen" as human shields. Hamas did this several years ago (before they had control of Gaza) by seizing homes located near churches in Arab areas, then launching missiles into Israeli areas.
I just saw that the other day. Israel's population is ~6.5M, so multiply it by 45 or so for an equivalent U.S. count.
My dear old Grandaddy used to warn us of the dangers of "sticking your tallywahcker in a hornet's nest". He should have told the Syrians and Iranians, I guess.
Multiply by 35 or 40. I'm not sure how relevant comparisons of casualties are, 20 dead and 100 plus wounded in multiple attacks would get Americans very mad, without multiplication. It's relevant regarding the social/economic impact though. Every Israeli is in danger, and a mobilization of, for example 20,000 reservists-days old but the only number that has been released and likely low, has the ecomomic impact of calling up 3/4 million Americans.
Agree, Israel should extend the air strikes to Syria. And what would be advisable is the US should issue warning to Iran, interfere and we will turn your military and nuke facilities to glass.
The time is ripe for a nuclear attack on teheran or damascus. Let the Muslim world know that the kafirs arent going to be "led" to the slaughter.
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