Posted on 12/08/2010 7:52:52 PM PST by massmike
Four to five mortar shells were fired from the Gaza Strip into the Eshkol regional council Wednesday night hitting an area resident. He suffered light wounds to his upper body.
The wounded man was airlifted by the IDF to Soroka Hospital in Beersheba while fully conscious. The attack followed another mortar attack in Sha'ar Hanegev. There were no injuries in the earlier attack.
Earlier on Wednesday, Southern regional councils situated near the border with the Gaza Strip released a joint statement following yet more mortar and rocket attacks on the area from Gaza.
"Escalation is only a matter of time. The threat in the area is constant and growing," the statement said. "We hope that the government will know how to relate to this reality, before formulating policy for the southern line of conflict for 2011. The government must realize that this will be an active line of conflict for the foreseeable future."
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105 battery - FFE...
Wow...how did they get whole mortars airborne? I mean, between the tube, base plate, tripod and sight, those things are heavy! /sarc
Pet peeve of mine...a "mortar" is a weapon system; tube, tripod, base plate and sight. The "mortar round" (or shell, which they got right in the lead sentence) is the ammo...the thing that flies through the air and goes boom when it hits the ground. I wasn't an 11C, but we had mortar sections or platoons attached to every troop/company I was assigned to.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
Whatever they are firing into Israel, I’d bet they are firing from either a schoolyard, or rooftop of a school, a hospital, or a hospice.
Real hero’s /S
thanks massmike.
Nice shootin’, IAF:
IAF hits 3 targets in Gaza Strip in response to mortars
jpost.com | 12/9/10 | STAFF AND YAAKOV LAPPIN
Posted on 12/08/2010 9:36:32 PM PST by Nachum
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