Israel: "Massive" Barrage of Qassam Rockets and Mortar Shells Rain Down on South.....
Make's yesterday's decision by the Israeli government to scrap a Gaza invasion in favor of truce talks all the more absurd….
A woman was moderately wounded on Thursday afternoon as at least 30 mortar shells and 18 Kassam rockets pounded southern Israel, most of them hitting the Ashkelon Beach region.
The woman, 59, was wounded by shrapnel in Kibbutz Yad Morderhai shortly after noon. She was evacuated to Barlizai Hospital in Ashkelon. A number of fires broke out in the area following the attack.
A state of emergency was declared in the Ashkelon Beach region and residents were instructed to enter fortified rooms.
A Palestinian was lightly wounded when one of the mortar shells fired at Israel landed near the Erez border crossing.
In addition, several people were treated for shock when a Grad-type Katyusha rocket was fired at Ashkelon.
Hamas claimed responsibility for the barrage, saying that it was a response to an alleged IAF air strike on a house in the Gaza Strip which killed at least three people, including one senior Hamas commander.
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Olmert needs to go NOW.
Posted by: Elric66 | June 12, 2008 at 10:08 AM
This is the result of "give peace a chance". With warlike savages it never works and it NEVER will work.
Posted by: Poopyhead | June 12, 2008 at 10:15 AM
They need to take a strict ten-to-one approach. You send one rocket we send ten. You send ten we send a hundred. Otherwise the people who launch these rockets are heroes instead of pariahs.
Posted by: Jed | June 12, 2008 at 07:05 PM
Jed,
That would make sense but Israel is too paralyzed to fight for its survival..
Posted by: Elric66 | June 12, 2008 at 07:45 PM