Nadene Goldfoot
Tuesday seemed to start a barrage of 80 rockets and mortars hitting Israel that lasted through Wednesday night. If citizens were living within 10 km (6.21 miles) of the Gaza border, they had to take cover in bomb shelters within 15 seconds, or at least be inside their own homes. School was cancelled. 5 homes were damaged. One received a direct hit with the bedroom of the daughter being the target. Luckily, the girl was in Jerusalem visiting and was not there. The miracle continues with her parents having breakfast and not being able to hear the siren giving people a 15 second warning so that they were still at the table and shrapnel went flying, but didn't hit them. The pieces veered off in the opposite direction of where they were sitting.
We lost an IDF soldier Tuesday night when he evidently touched a gate close to the border in which was hidden an explosive bomb. This was near the Kibbutz Ein Hashlosha. 6 people were seriously inured in the attack, 3 of them being foreign workers from Thailand. Dozens of others were treated for shock.
The terrorists were not only Hamas's Al-Qassam Brigade men but also the PFLP (Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine). They seemed to work separately but under the same time frame and goal of hitting southern Israel.
As usual, we hit Gaza after being hit, and then they hit Israel after being hit in retaliation, and so it goes. Israel managed to get in an air strike from 7:00pm to 7:30pm on Wednesday. When Israel didn't retaliate, they just kept pounding away, anyhow. The Gazans' terrorists have been told. : You hit Israel and we will hit back.
Ashkelon, Portland's sister city, was to be hit with 7 rockets aiming towards it, but was missed. With all this furor hitting Israel, it looks like Qatar's Emir's money does nothing to quell Hamas's need for peace. It probably has the opposite effect in emboldening them. They may now think they have a partner. This might cause Israel to rethink Operation Cast Lead. This deluge was a lot to bear.
Resource: http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Article.aspx?id=289059
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/161289#.UIgltG_A9GY
http://rubinreports.blogspot.com/2012/10/hamas-launches-new-rocket-offensive.html
Tuesday seemed to start a barrage of 80 rockets and mortars hitting Israel that lasted through Wednesday night. If citizens were living within 10 km (6.21 miles) of the Gaza border, they had to take cover in bomb shelters within 15 seconds, or at least be inside their own homes. School was cancelled. 5 homes were damaged. One received a direct hit with the bedroom of the daughter being the target. Luckily, the girl was in Jerusalem visiting and was not there. The miracle continues with her parents having breakfast and not being able to hear the siren giving people a 15 second warning so that they were still at the table and shrapnel went flying, but didn't hit them. The pieces veered off in the opposite direction of where they were sitting.
We lost an IDF soldier Tuesday night when he evidently touched a gate close to the border in which was hidden an explosive bomb. This was near the Kibbutz Ein Hashlosha. 6 people were seriously inured in the attack, 3 of them being foreign workers from Thailand. Dozens of others were treated for shock.
The terrorists were not only Hamas's Al-Qassam Brigade men but also the PFLP (Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine). They seemed to work separately but under the same time frame and goal of hitting southern Israel.
As usual, we hit Gaza after being hit, and then they hit Israel after being hit in retaliation, and so it goes. Israel managed to get in an air strike from 7:00pm to 7:30pm on Wednesday. When Israel didn't retaliate, they just kept pounding away, anyhow. The Gazans' terrorists have been told. : You hit Israel and we will hit back.
Ashkelon, Portland's sister city, was to be hit with 7 rockets aiming towards it, but was missed. With all this furor hitting Israel, it looks like Qatar's Emir's money does nothing to quell Hamas's need for peace. It probably has the opposite effect in emboldening them. They may now think they have a partner. This might cause Israel to rethink Operation Cast Lead. This deluge was a lot to bear.
Resource: http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Article.aspx?id=289059
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/161289#.UIgltG_A9GY
http://rubinreports.blogspot.com/2012/10/hamas-launches-new-rocket-offensive.html
2 comments:
President Carter and former Irish President were on Talk of the Nation on NPR and they kept ranting on about settlements -in addition Cartergave himself away by saying the Arabs should not recognize Israel as a Jewish state because it has 20% non-Jews.Hey-I thought it was an apartheid state-and now it has too many Arabs to be recognized as a Jewish State. Carter should remain a non-spokesman of policy-just a spectator and mediator.He is a shill of Arab leaders.
I saw this and thought the comment was important so here it is.
"My Country Is Under Attack. Do You Care? - Arsen Ostrovsky
I'm angry. As most Americans were waking up Wednesday morning, and those in Europe and elsewhere were going about their daily routines, here in Israel, over one million people were running for cover from a hail of rockets being rained down by Palestinian terrorists in Gaza. In the space of 24 hours, 80 rockets were fired, more than three rockets per hour. One million Israelis is roughly 13% of the population, which compares to about 40 million Americans.
I'm angry that in 2012, over 600 rockets have already been fired from Gaza with no end in sight. I'm angry that the world only notices when Israel undertakes its (sovereign) right to defend its citizens. Can you imagine if even one rocket was fired on Washington, L ondon, Paris or Moscow?
I'm angry that newspapers like the New York Times lead their stories about the rocket attacks with such headlines as "Four Palestinian Militants Killed in Israeli Airstrikes," and not "Palestinian Terrorists Rain Down 80 Rockets Against One Million Israelis." I'm angry that there is someone out there who does not know me and has never met me, yet still wants to kill me - for no other reason than my being Israeli. The writer is an international human rights lawyer. (Huffington Post-Canada)"
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