Tensions rise as Gaza militants fire more than 50 mortars, rockets into Israel

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[BenLurkin]

One of the mortars in the first round of fire early Tuesday struck the yard of a kindergarten, drawing angry responses from Israeli leaders, although no children were in the preschool at the time.

Within hours, Israel’s military responded with airstrikes on sites across Gaza. It said the targets were military training bases belonging to both Hamas, the militant Islamist group that rules the Gaza Strip, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, another militant group that Israel said was responsible for Tuesday’s salvo.

The sound of sirens and reports of Iron Dome taking down mortars from the skies over southern Israel continued throughout the day.

[roadcat]

I wish Israel had not been so restrained, and had reduced the Gaza Strip to a smoldering pile of ash.

I wish Israel would bomb all along the border with the Gaza Strip, then repeat after advancing the bombing a 1000 yards into Gaza. Repeat after another 1000 yards. Do so until hostilities from Gaza end, or continue bombing Gaza until reaching the beaches. But the Arab hostilities probably won't end even then.

[Pollster1]

One of the [Palestinian] mortars . . . struck the yard of a kindergarten . . . Israel’s military responded with airstrikes on . . . military training bases belonging to both Hamas . . . and Palestinian Islamic Jihad

Terrorists attack kindergartens, and Israelis strike back against the terrorists. Meanwhile the Washington Post's sympathies are entirely with the terrorists.

[SJackson]

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Along with calling the "militants" terrorists they could have noted the terrorists were targeting civilians.