Posted on 08/10/2006 4:33:18 AM PDT by SJackson
Mother and son killed in rocket barrage near Karmiel
Another man seriously wounded as rocket scores direct hit on house in Dir el-Asad; at least 90 Katyushas fired Thursday morning.
The barrage of Katyushas continued Thursday morning with reports of at least 90 rockets landing in cities and towns throughout northern Israel.
One rocket scored a direct hit on a home in the village of Dir el-Asad, near Karmiel, killing a young mother, 23, and her four-year-old son. The child was initially critically injured, but later died of his wounds.
With the death toll from rocket attacks increasing among Israeli-Arabs and Israeli-Jews alike, the panic which has gripped the north has unified it's residents with a deadly realization.
"The situation is very bad," says one Dir el-Asad resident who witnessed the attack. "with citizens continuing to be killed. We are all afraid, Jews and Arabs. Rockets don't differentiate between ethnicities."
Two more people were wounded, one seriously and one lightly, while 38 others were treated for shock in the village.
Rockets also struck Nahariya, Safed, the Golan Heights, and the Haifa Bay area.
Sirens were also heard in Ramot, Tiberias, Acre, Ma'alot, and Shefayim. No rocket hits have yet been reported.
At least 160 rockets rained down on northern Israel on Wednesday, with over 80 striking the region of Kiryat Shmona, causing no injuries but inflicting heavy damage. One person was wounded and several were suffering from shock after a rocket barrage hit Safed on Wednesday afternoon.
(IsraelNN.com) Fire companies assisted by fire fighting planes are working to control forestry blazes in the Upper Galilee and Golan Heights regions resulting from Katyusha rocket attacks.
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Chicken Coop Hit in Rocket Attack
14:08 Aug 10, '06 / 16 Av 5766
(IsraelNN.com) An unspecified number of chickens were killed in a Katyusha rocket attack in Kiryat Shmona early Thursday afternoon.
I don't understand. Why not choke off the supply of munitions or isn't that possible? I mean shut down the highways, rail and airspace coming into Lebanon and force Hezbavomit to vacate or die.
I don't understand. Why not choke off the supply of munitions or isn't that possible? I mean shut down the highways, rail and airspace coming into Lebanon and force Hezbavomit to vacate or die.
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