Posted on 04/05/2012 5:29:00 AM PDT by DCBryan1
A Grad rocket has landed in the southern Israeli city of Eilat, but has caused no damage or injuries, Israeli security officials said.
District police chief Ron Gertner told Israeli radio the rocket had been fired from Egypt's Sinai peninsula.
He said it struck a construction site close to a residential area shortly after midnight (21:00 GMT).
The blast took place as thousands congregated in the resort town for the Jewish holiday of Passover.
Rocket attacks from Egyptian soil are uncommon. Attacks on Eilat and the nearby Jordanian town of Aqaba in 2010 killed one person and injured another four.
Sinai unrest
Eilat Mayor Meir Yitzhak-Halevy told the Jerusalem Post that the city would function as normal despite the attack.
A wave of unrest has hit the restive Sinai peninsula recently.
Israel says militants have become active in the region since former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was overthrown in February 2011.
In August 2011, an armed group crossed the border into Israel from the Sinai peninsula and killed eight Israelis.
Israel blamed Palestinian militants but five Egyptian policemen were killed as Israeli forces pursued the gunmen, sparking a diplomatic row between the two countries.
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Apologies for the excessive response. I thought the safety was on. Honest.
Springtime for arabs, and tyranny...
Winter for Israel and Friends.
Don't give them any ideas.
There’s a couple of “stans” that need to be red.
According to the queeranus, "by any means possible" their law allows them to MURDER any one in any way!
It is an abomination that causes desolation!
Aren’t the Grad rockets typically launched singly by the terrorists as opposed to out of the standard tube launchers?
Psalm 83 is getting closer every day.
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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We must form a Jewish Brotherhood. You must form a Christian Brotherhood. If we commit enough heinous acts in the names of our respective religions while using the word “Brotherhood,” Obama might start welcoming and respecting us, too.
Sheesh. Three times and I still got it wrong
Now is the time to clear out Gaza and march all the terrorists to Sinai. Then wall off Sinai, open up Gaza to Jewish settlements and in front of the UN declare that any rocket attack from Sinai will be considered an attack from Egypt.
Then as a show of force, at the next Bruthahood meeting, level the place and give the country to the Egyptian military.
Problem solved.
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