Ashkelon Under Rocket Attack
Arutz 7 ^ | 2-28-08 | Hillel Fendel
Posted on 02/28/2008 8:24:57 AM PST by Nachum
(IsraelNN.com) A total of 24 people are hospitalized, mostly for shock, following the firing of more than 30 rockets and mortar shells from Gaza on Israel on Thursday. Among them are two with shrapnel injuries.
Among the rockets and mortar shells fired from Gaza on Israel on Thursday, eight long-range Grad rockets hit the coastal city of Ashkelon. The city's 100,000-plus rocket-besieged residents were told just last night (Wednesday) by Defense Minister Ehud Barak that there was no need to change the city's deployment plans. This is not good, this is an escalation by Hamas. If Israel is smart, they will bring the hammer down hard.