Posted on 03/22/2011 10:09:37 PM PDT by Nachum
Tensions continued to rise along Israel's border with the Gaza Strip earlier Wednesday, as Gaza militants fired a Grad-type Katyusha rocket at the southern city of Be'er Sheva early Wednesday, mere hours after another Grad exploded south of the coastal city of Ashdod.
According to initial reports, the Grad rocket struck a street in the middle of one of the city's residential areas. Upon impact, a piece of shrapnel penetrated a nearby third-floor apartment, moderately wounding one man.
The attack came after a Grad rocket fired from Gaza exploded south of Ashdod on Tuesday, following after a day of escalation along the border. The IDF later issued a statement claiming that an Israel Air Force craft fired at figures suspected in launching the Katyusha-type rocket, killing one.
At least seven Palestinians, including four civilians, were killed earlier Tuesday during heavy exchanges of fire between the Israel Defense Forces and Palestinian terror groups in the Gaza Strip, in one of the most serious rounds of fighting near the Strip since the end of Operation Cast Lead in January 2009.
At around 4 P.M., four mortars were fired at kibbutzim Alumim and Sa'ad, landing in open areas and causing no injuries. The IDF fired mortars at the launching point, apparently hitting the Palestinians behind the launches but also hitting 12 Palestinian civilians, killing at least four.
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“At least seven Palestinians, including four civilians, were killed”
It’s a good start.
What business do "civilians" have hanging out around mortar positions? Or rather, if the Palis launch mortars from civilian positions, those killed in response are their doing. Nice shooting, IDF.
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