Posted on 11/04/2007 11:41:17 AM PST by Alouette
At least one woman was suffering from shock after three Kassam rockets were fired at Sderot late Sunday morning, Israel Radio reported. One of the rockets hit a house and another hit an electrical line, causing a complete blackout in the western Negev town.
The siren system and 106 emergency hotline were offline following the attack, leaving the town's residents without even the means to prepare in case another rocket salvo would follow later in the day, the town's press representative told The Jerusalem Post.
Earlier Sunday, four Palestinians were killed when IAF aircraft struck two Palestinian rocket squads in the northern Gaza Strip. Palestinian hospital officials said the three fatalities of the first strike were civilians, while Islamic Jihad said that one of their members had died and another was clinically dead following a subsequent strike.
The IDF said that the first strike had targeted a rocket squad that had fired three rockets at the western Negev earlier in the morning. According to the army, the second strike hit a Kassam squad that was preparing to launch more rockets into Israel.
No one was hurt in the early Sunday Kassam attack, for which Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Palestinian hospital officials and eyewitnesses said the three civilians - Zaher al-Aer, 40, his 18-year-old son, Youssef, and a neighbor, Mohammed Abu Herbet, 23 - were killed when an IAF missile struck a trailer where they and a neighbor were sleeping. Hamas security officials said the three were guards in a nearby factory.
Rocket-launching equipment stood nearby.
Terrorists frequently set up mobile rocket and mortar launchers in the area, near the town of Beit Lahiya.
Army Radio reported that the second strike on a Kassam squad preparing to launch rockets into Israel was carried out from the ground.
Meanwhile, more than a dozen mortar shells were fired at western Negev communities over Shabbat, while a Lebanese newspaper reported that Israel had been given a diplomatic "green light" for a large military operation in the Gaza Strip.
No damage was reported from the strikes, even though three of the 13 shells struck towns or villages.
i thought israel was supposed to shut down pali power, not the other way around
You can rest assured the palis will experience a electric power appreciation day.
Remember, rockets kill Israelis, but Israelis kill Palestinians.
Tangos can come in to a built up friendly to them civilian area and lob Rockets and Mortors into other civilian areas harming “innocents.”
No one in the press or the any of the governments around the world will loudly condemn the Tangos for what they did.
Counter-Battery fire can’t be lobbed back at the Tangos using the DTAB determined lat Tango firing position, because “so called innocents” (read sympathizers/aiders/abettors) might be harmed.
Tangos repeat sequence.
There did I get it right?
Warning! This is a high-volume ping list.
Give them a state, eh?
It should be in Perdition, with Pandemonium as its capitol!
High Volume. Articles on Israel can also be found by clicking on the Topic or Keyword Israel. or WOT [War on Terror]
----------------------------
You forgot the part where America gives money and arms to the Tangos leaders so that there will be peace.
It's the reload sequence.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.