Gazans
bombard southern Israel in massive rocket attack -
IDF
tanks fired into Gaza over the past several minutes, and have already
eliminated two terror targets, in response to the barrage of rocket
fire on Israel. At least 60 rockets slammed into southern Israel on
Wednesday, hitting several Jewish communities. Several were stopped
by the Iron Dome; no injuries have been reported.
Thousands
of Negev residents remain in shelters Wednesday evening, however,
until the attacks have subsided. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu
reacted to the attack by pledging a "forceful" response
against those responsible.
"This seems to be in response to our
counterterrorism efforts yesterday," Netanyahu declared,
according to Channel 2. "We will continue to strike those who
want to harm us, we'll act against them very forcefully."
A
video released online shows how Islamic Jihad terrorists fired this
evening's barrage of rocket attacks from within heavily-populated
areas in Gaza. The footage, which was posted on a Hamas-linked
Facebook page, shows the challenges often faced by the Israeli
military in responding to such attacks whilst avoiding civilian
casualties.
It
illustrates what Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Binyamin
Netanyahu, have often referred to as a "double war-crime":
the firing of rockets against Israeli civilians, whilst using the
Palestinian Arab civilian population in Gaza as cover, and in the
hope that any Israeli response will draw condemnation for striking a
civilian area. Israeli reactions appear to indicate that a military
reaction will not be long in coming.
Netanyahu
has already threatened a "forceful response" to the
attacks, and Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman went a step further,
calling for the IDF to retake the Gaza Strip. In the last few minutes
Israeli army tanks reportedly destroyed two unspecified "terror
targets" in the Islamist-controlled territory.
Source: Arutz
Sheva
My
comments: Imagine,
this is a day in the life of Israel. I cannot think of a much more
cowardly thing to do that what the Palestinians are doing in firing rockets into Israel.
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