From October-70 Rockets and Mortars Rain Into Southern Israel From Gaza
Nadene Goldfoot
Two more long range Qassam rockets were fired into Southern Israel aimed at Kibbutz Sha'ar Hanegev in the Western Negev region  and destroyed a farm building near the kindergarten classroom. The kindergarten was also severely damaged.  Luckily it had already closed for the day, and the children remained safe. 

This was the 4th time that Israel's Ambassador to the UN, Ron Prosor, had to write to Ban Ki-Moon, the Secretary council about saying something like condemning Hamas about doing this.  Israel is enduring shrapnel hits in their homes, school and playground and fire in their streets. 

Such information never gets into our Oregonian, so I imagine it doesn't make the news into other papers as well, and Americans are not aware of these continual attacks.  Israel answered today with their air force and that will probably get into papers.  Israel has promised that they will retaliate everytime they are hit by these terrorists.  The IAF hit a tunnel in the terrorist center in N. Gaza. 

Reference: http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=245823
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2011
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/149776#.TsL8VyRutv2
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90777/7640357.html

A Weekend of 39 Gaza rocket and Mortar Attacks

Nadene Goldfoot
39 rockets and mortars were fired at southern Israel over the weekend.  Arne Moshe, 56 of Ashkelon, died Saturday night in the rocket attack.  He had been hit in the stomach with shrapnel.  16 to 20  people were wounded by shrapnel and smoke inhalation.  14 people were treated for anxiety.

President Shimon Peres says that the latest round of attacks of Gaza missiles  is a "declaration of war."

Israel's IDF had found a terrorist gang preparing to launch long-range rockets  at Israel.  They also had fired a Grad rocket Wednesday.  So Israel hit them and killed 5 terrorists. 

Grad missiles were fired Saturday afternoon and hit a schoolyard in Ashdod.  A 2nd missile fell in an open area while the 3rd fell near Gan Yavneh.  A young girl ran from the explosion and was injured.  Also a man in his 50's was injukred from the shrapnel in the 3rd strike.  Both had to be hospitalized. 

P.M. Netanyahu remarked that he appreciates the endurance of the Southern Israelis in the face of these attacks.  Israel plans to continue striking back every time they are attacked.  There is no cease fire, even though Egypt had tried to arrange for one to start at 6am Sunday morning. 

Israel has not had any air strikes without provocation.  Yet the Oregonian newspaper this morning states the news as if Israel's planes had struck Saturday at Palestinian militants in Gaza who then responded; leaving out the details of Israel having been attacked first.  They write as if Israel were the instigator, and that is not true.  They write that such exchanges are common, though this was the worst in months.

"Islamic Jihad and the Al-Aqsa Brigade terror gangs took responsibility for Saturday's Grad rocket attacks against southern Israel. Footage released by Islamic Jihad Saturday night showed terrorists firing the rockets at Israel using a portable rocket launcher installed on the back of a pickup truck – a method of attack that had not been used in Gaza previously. Media analysts said that the footage indicated that Gaza terror groups had developed several advanced capabilities in recent months."  from Arutz Sheva

11/2/11 Update: http://news.yahoo.com/israel-army-green-light-stop-gaza-rockets-162500893.html;_ylc=X3oDMTNsNHFjM3UxBF9TAzg0NDQxODY2BGFjdANtYWlsX2NiBGN0A2EEaW50bAN1cwRsYW5nA2VuLVVTBHBrZwMxYmNlY2Y4YS1hYzQ4LTM2ODQtODJkYS1iMmVhZWE4ZjlkOGYEc2VjA21pdF9zaGFyZQRzbGsDbWFpbAR0ZXN0Aw--;_ylv=3
Resource: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/149226
http://www.haaretz.com/
Oregonian Newspaper 10/30/2011 Sunday Paper page A 16
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/israeli-killed-as-a-result-of-rocket-barrage-on-southern-israel-1.392598
http://www.jpost.com/
http://news.yahoo.com/israel-gaza-militants-exchange-fire-10-killed-224750322.html beginning of article exactly like Oregonian, only this is much longer.