Posted on 11/15/2019 7:05:46 AM PST by rktman
Israel is in the midst of yet another rocket attack from Gaza. The most recent barrage is in response to Israels elimination of a terrorist leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, who, coincidentally, was responsible for coordinating the previous rocket attacks on Israeli civilians.
As of Thursday, over 450 rockets have been indiscriminately fired from Gaza into densely-populated Israeli cities. The map of affected cities is rather startling. While 90% of the rockets have been intercepted by the amazing Iron Dome, a tenth of the missiles have reached the Israeli people and caused significant distress and damage. So far, 84 Israelis have been treated for injuries, none life-threatening. One of the victims is an 8-year-old girl who collapsed and fainted as her family was running to a bomb shelter. An increasing amount of homes have been irreparably damaged by the missiles.
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