Palestinians Fire Kassam-2 Rockets From Gaza Into Israel

Haaretz ^ | February 10, 2002 | Amos Harel

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Palestinians fire Kassam-2 rockets from Gaza into Israel

Palestinians fired up to three Kassam-2 rockets from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory, approximately two kilometers east of Kibbutz Sa'ad on Sunday. The IDF has so far located the remains of one rocket, but three explosions were heard midday Sunday.

This was the first time Palestinians have used the Kassam-2 rocket against Israeli targets.

"All the indications lead us to believe that it is a Qassam 2," said IDF spokesman Jacob Dallal. "We found three launchers in Palestinian-controlled areas in Gaza directly west of the Nahal Oz [kibbutz]."

Uri Ya'ari, a security officer at the kibbutz where the projectile fell, said the rocket left a hole in the ground one-and-a-half metres wide and one metre deep, close to the kibbutz farmland.

An Israeli tank shelled the area where the rockets were believed to have been fired from. Infantry soldiers then moved into the area and discovered three launchers.

The rockets have an 8-kilometer range and pose a serious security risk to a number of Israeli cities.

Israeli security forces are concerned that the rockets have also been smuggled into the West Bank from Gaza. On Wednesday, a truck carrying Kassam-2 rockets from Nablus to Jenin was intercepted by an armored corps reserve unit.

IDF arrests three Palestinians in Nablus
IDF troops, tanks and armored personnel carriers briefly raided the West Bank city of Nablus late Saturday night, arresting three Palestinian brothers near a refugee camp in the north of the city. A fourth brother, a member of Fatah's Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade, wanted by the Israeli security forces, managed to escape.

An Israeli officer told Israel Radio that the operation had failed to achieve its goal.

IDF troops entered the Palestinian-ruled city around 3 A.M. Israel time, searching several buildings for militants the army said were involved in attacks on Israelis.

Palestinian sources said at least seven Palestinians were wounded, two critically, in the ensuing exchange of fire between troops and local gunmen. They said an Israeli bulldozer also damaged five shops in the area before the soldiers withdrew about two-and-a-half hours later.

A resident of the Askar refugee camp suffered a heart attack and died Sunday morning following the IDF's infiltration, Palestinian media reported.

The IDF continued its operation in the West Bank village of Tamoun Saturday night, north-east of Nablus. Palestinian sources reported that IDF troops arrested 25 Palestinian early Saturday morning during house to house searches in Tamoun near Nablus. However, the IDF said that it had arrested only 15 people and that they had all been released.

Woman killed in West Bank shooting
An Israeli woman, Atala Lipovsky, 79, was killed Saturday night and her son Victor was lightly wounded when Palestinians opened fire at their vehicle near the Tapuah junction, south of the West Bank city of Nablus.

The ambush took place next to the village of Marda, several kilomters before the junction. Her son, who was in the driver's seat, managed to continue driving for several more kilometers, where rescue services attempted to resuscitate the woman, but to no avail. Her son was taken to Beilinson Hospital, Rabin Medical Center, in Petah Tikva.

Lipovsky, a resident of the settlement of Ma'aleh Ephraim, immigrated from the Ukraine in 1993. She will be buried Sunday in Kfar Sava. She is survived by two sons, both residents of Ma'aleh Ephraim, and grandchildren.

Troops began blockading Tamoun, which is under full Palestinian control, Friday night. The blockade, it appears, is the first step in an IDF operation aimed at taking control of the village. The IDF spokesman said that the operation had a specific time-frame.

However, security sources said that is was likely that several wanted Palestinians had managed to flee to Nablus at the start of the operation.

_{By Amos Harel and Daniel Sobelman, Ha'aretz Correspondents, Ha'aretz Service and agencies}

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BTTT!

[BOBTHENAILER]

You noticed what I've been thinking. I know at least three oil field welders that could make a much better weld than shown on the pictures. Friggin' amateurs.

[pankot]

Aww, shouldn't we try to understand why they are so angry? (sarcasm)

[Clara Lou]

My fellow Freeper, I didn't intend to be taken literally. It was wishful thinking-- merely that, and nothing more.

[2sheep]

Mankind has always wanted to modify or change God's clear instructions.  His instructions to the children of Israel after He led them out of Egypt, across the Red Sea, through the desert and then into the land were to MAKE NO COVENANT with them.  That is His opinion of trying to make agreements with liars and covenant breakers whose father is the devil.  In the wisdom of God, He knew that such covenants would not work.  It is still His opinion.  Here He said it twice:

Exodus 23:31 And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.

32 Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.

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Deuteronomy 7:1 When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;

2 And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:

3 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.

4 For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.

That has always been His opinion of trying to ecumenicalize with evil.  He wants separation from evil and holiness unto the Lord, not compromise which leads to indifference to His commands which He said would be a snare (trap).  Ecumenicism, Pluralism, Ceasefire, Disarmament, Flatteries, Tolerance, Multiculturalism, Diversity, Compromise, Unity, Cooperation, "Peace and Security" are all tools of the devil used to defeat Israel, America and the West.  It is imperative that we return to God's rules and not play by the devil's.

[BenF]

I think the pro-arabs here actualy want to see the demise of Israel.

I doubt they'll be satisfied with that.

[rebdov]

"Did Iran furnish these ? If they did, the Israelis should send them a message."

Let's see. The Palestinian Arabs produce nothing but babies and sewage. So I guess they didn't make those missiles themselves. Came from somewhere.

I am not sure how Israel is supposed to fight against a belligerent civilian population. Attack every town? Even the US would have problems with that offensive. What exactly should they do?

Israel cannot afford to live in isolation. It has to sell goods and services to the world. As it is the EU and the rest of the haters are turning the screws on the Jews. What is the solution? I think France has to go along with Iran and Iraq. The French are the suppliers of weaponry to Iran and Iraq. They are hyper-envious of the US and even have a college to ban words that come from America. Whenever the US acts, you will find France heckling and booing from the sidelines.

Perhaps France's Corsicans and Algerians will revolt against the government while Israel and the US are busy with Iran and Iraq? The French quislings who couldn't get their arms up high enough to salute Adolph are still a thorn in the Jews' sides. Yes, I know there was a small French resistance. Yes, I know there are good Frenchmen, but they tend to be as rare as a good wine.

[BenF]

There is going to come a time when Israel is going to tell the rest of the world to F*** off and do what needs to be done.

Just how many murdered Jews will it takes before that happens? Israel has lost it's edge and is on a course of self-destruction. Whatever happens, it's Israel's own fault for not exterminating the terrorists whenever it had the opportunity.

[BenF]

It would put those neighboring Arab nations - which have chemical weapons and (maybe) biological ones - in the position of having nothing to lose.

Some feel that they could afford to launch this type of strike at Israel because even if Israel were to respond, the Arab nations would survive.

Be that as it may, you object to Israel offensively using these weapons. I don't know if you object to their defensive use as well.

What is your solution to the problem of Arab terrorism?

[BenF]

The world wouldn't be clamoring for a Palestinian state.

The reason(s) the world is clamoring for a Palestinian State has more to do with the Jews than with the Palestinians.

[SJackson]

The reason(s) the world is clamoring for a Palestinian State has more to do with the Jews than with the Palestinians.

You're right. It even blinds them to the type of state they're trying to create.

[BenF]

Whenever the US acts, you will find France heckling and booing from the sidelines.

Any bets on who they'll come whining to when the French find themselves in trouble?

[BenF]

It even blinds them to the type of state they're trying to create.

I disagree. They know full well what type of state they're trying to create. What they are blind to is what that state will do AFTER the Jews are murdered. Or perhaps, they are more than willing to have themselves destroyed as long as they see the Jews destroyed first.

[vrwc54]

If Israel isn't willing/able to defend its citizens then

the least it can do is supply everyone with a bulletproof vest,

helmet with face shield, and an UZI.

That would be better than the present situation.

[Nix 2]

2, you are beginning to sound like Rabbi Kahane. Maybe this time, they will listen.

Kahane Chai

[McGavin999]

Actually, I think the solution to this whole problem is to drop massive doses of mood elevators into the water system. Everyone could just be happy for a couple of months and who knows, once the cycle of violence has been broken.......

[vrwc54]

23:11 - 15-year-old Israeli stabbed, moderately wounded in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Ir Ganim (Army Radio)

[rebdov]

The trouble is we, the US,will save them again. Let the Corsicans and Algerians have at them.

The former Congoans should go after the kindly, human rights loving Belgians.

[vrwc54]

This photo will get a lot of newspaper space I'm sure!