May 20 - Israel threatens stronger military action in the Gaza Strip if Hamas continues to fire rockets into the Jewish state.
The Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert warned Hamas that the Jewish state would "intensify" its response if the current military action failed to bring a halt to Hamas rocket attacks. The Israeli cabinet met to discuss expanding the military operation after another night of air strikes against Hamas killed at least three Palestinians in Gaza. But, once again, there were fresh rocket attacks against the Israeli border town of Sderot.
Helen Long reports
Source - Reuters (video)
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Sunday, May 20, 2007
Palestinian Rockets continue to pummel Sderot
An Indian restaurant in Kibbutz Nir-Am was destroyed Sunday evening when it was hit by a Kassam rocket fired from the Gaza Strip.
Firefighters battled frantically to extinguish the massive blaze that broke out in the western Negev restaurant but couldn't prevent the it from burning to the ground.
Sderot under siege: 'Our miracles won't last forever'
Red Dawn: 24 hours with MDA Sderot, Part I
Southern District Commander Cmdr. Ori Bar-Lev was on the scene directing security arrangements.
In total, six rockets hit the western Negev on Sunday evening, including one in Sderot, which caused a woman to suffer from shock.
Earlier Sunday, Sderot residents said that Defense Minister Amir Peretz's declaration of a state of emergency in the city was too little, too late.
"Unfortunately, only after dozens of Kassam rockets and thousands of residents have left Sderot, the government only now understands that there is a state of emergency in Sderot," said Alon Davidi, a Sderot activist.
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Firefighters battled frantically to extinguish the massive blaze that broke out in the western Negev restaurant but couldn't prevent the it from burning to the ground.
Sderot under siege: 'Our miracles won't last forever'
Red Dawn: 24 hours with MDA Sderot, Part I
Southern District Commander Cmdr. Ori Bar-Lev was on the scene directing security arrangements.
In total, six rockets hit the western Negev on Sunday evening, including one in Sderot, which caused a woman to suffer from shock.
Earlier Sunday, Sderot residents said that Defense Minister Amir Peretz's declaration of a state of emergency in the city was too little, too late.
"Unfortunately, only after dozens of Kassam rockets and thousands of residents have left Sderot, the government only now understands that there is a state of emergency in Sderot," said Alon Davidi, a Sderot activist.
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Palestinian missiles rained down Sunday as Israeli prime minister threatened stronger action if six-day blitz from Gaza continues
May 20, 2007, 9:40 PM (GMT+02:00)
By afternoon, 14 missiles had exploded on the Israeli side of the Gaza border.
Nine landed Saturday night in the Eshkol region opposite S. Gaza, damaging schools, 3 in Sderot further north. Two Israeli soldiers were injured by a Palestinian anti-tank missile in Gaza against a bulldozer preparing the ground for Israel tank positions near Beit Hanoun in the north.
Two further Israeli air force attacks struck missile launcher teams in Gaza. The Palestinians report four killed.
Seven Israelis were injured in missile attacks Saturday, most in Sderot. During the day, the Air Force hit Palestinian missile squads south of Hanoun. Sderot Mayor Elie Moyal demands that the government declare the locations abutting Gaza a war zone. Some ministers urge Israel’s military measures expanded to ground incursions of the Gaza Strip. The military's current guidelines specify aerial surgical attacks on Hamas military installations, missile squads, weapons production infrastructure, arms depots, training centers in which Iranian instructors are involved and attacks on senior operatives.
Southern district police chief Uri Bar-Lev reported Ashkelon, the port town north of Gaza, is gearing up for attacks by missiles with extended ranges of 16km.
Hamas has fired 125 Qassams against Israel in six days, during which more than a 100 people were injured and 4,500 civilians left or were evacuated.
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By afternoon, 14 missiles had exploded on the Israeli side of the Gaza border.
Nine landed Saturday night in the Eshkol region opposite S. Gaza, damaging schools, 3 in Sderot further north. Two Israeli soldiers were injured by a Palestinian anti-tank missile in Gaza against a bulldozer preparing the ground for Israel tank positions near Beit Hanoun in the north.
Two further Israeli air force attacks struck missile launcher teams in Gaza. The Palestinians report four killed.
Seven Israelis were injured in missile attacks Saturday, most in Sderot. During the day, the Air Force hit Palestinian missile squads south of Hanoun. Sderot Mayor Elie Moyal demands that the government declare the locations abutting Gaza a war zone. Some ministers urge Israel’s military measures expanded to ground incursions of the Gaza Strip. The military's current guidelines specify aerial surgical attacks on Hamas military installations, missile squads, weapons production infrastructure, arms depots, training centers in which Iranian instructors are involved and attacks on senior operatives.
Southern district police chief Uri Bar-Lev reported Ashkelon, the port town north of Gaza, is gearing up for attacks by missiles with extended ranges of 16km.
Hamas has fired 125 Qassams against Israel in six days, during which more than a 100 people were injured and 4,500 civilians left or were evacuated.
Original Story Here
Kassam Rocket Barrage on Israel continues
"A barrage of five Kassam rockets struck Sderot and the surrounding areas Sunday morning, with one scoring a direct hit on a house... Officials said that school would remain out until the security risk were addressed. Some 13 rockets hit the western Negev town on Saturday, sending at least four people into shock and causing damage in the city."
You wouldn't know it from reading the papers or watching the news, but the peaceful palestinians continue to barrage israel with Kassam rockets. Israel is actually retaliating when it fires on Hamas positions, as Hamas terrorists try to goad Israel into entering the palestinian civil war between Hamas and Fatah.
" Israel has considered giving military support to Fatah in its power struggle with Hamas, the Daily Telegraph reported on its Web site Saturday morning. According to the report, even though Fatah was closely connected to Palestinian terorists with a long record of attacks against Israel, Israel was beginning to embrace the movement as a means of foiling Hamas.
The latest week of Palestinian infighting ended with nearly 50 fatalities, and in the last few days, IAF helicopters and jets have carried out multiple attacks on Hamas targets, especially sites connected with the manufacturing or launching of Kassam rockets.
Internecine violence in Gaza was at its highest since the March signing of the Mecca unity accords, which established a Palestinian Authority unity government."
Hamas was declared a terrorist organization since 1995 by the United States. Fatah is hardly better, but how does one actually choose between the lion or the tiger.
-Allahwatch
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