http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/ashkelon/ en-us Sat, 27 Dec 2008 10:01:50 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2154771/posts Israel's air force fired around 20 missiles at targets in Gaza City on Saturday, causing heavy damage, a Reuters witness said. The IDF has confirmed the report. (Hanan Greenberg and Reuters) YNET NEWS.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2154771/posts#comment Sat, 27 Dec 2008 10:01:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2166543/posts (IsraelNN.com) The cabinet has voted to accept a unilateral ceasefire in Gaza. Two ministers voted against the proposal and one abstained from voting. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2166543/posts#comment Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:00:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2164013/posts SNIPPET: "A North Texas imam is calling on Muslims to take up arms in defense of Palestinians in Gaza. Sheikh Mohamed El-Moctar El-Shinqiti, director of the Islamic Center of South Plains in Lubbock, Texas, participated in an online chat, "Fatwas on Gaza," at the web site IslamOnline.net. El-Shinqiti encouraged readers to fight - or if they can't, to send money to those who are fighting - in response to six out of the eight questions posed to him in the online chat. When asked what can be done to help the people in Gaza, El-Shinqiti emphasized war over sending food... INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - IPT News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2164013/posts#comment Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:56:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2163368/posts "HAMAS MISSILES FOR ISRAELI FOOD" (Added January 12, 2009) VIDEO DESCRIPTION - QUOTE: IsraelMFA January 12, 2009 Israel gives food, medicine and electricity to Gaza citizens and gets rockets in return. Category: News & Politics Tags: Israel Hamas war rockets missile humanitarian aid children shield Gaza IsraelMFA via YouTube.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2163368/posts#comment Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:38:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2163579/posts A Grad rocket launched from the Gaza Strip directly hit an apartment building in Ashkelon late Monday morning. Since Monday morning some 20 rockets and a number of mortar shells landed in southern Israel. Ynetnews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2163579/posts#comment Tue, 13 Jan 2009 04:18:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2162830/posts "HAMAS AND THEIR SYSTEMATIC VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAWS (NOT TO MENTION BASIC HUMAN DECENCY)" "Video follows" INTERNET-HAGANAH.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2162830/posts#comment Sun, 11 Jan 2009 22:38:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2161805/posts Note: See map inlcuded on this report. Note: The following text is a quote: JANUARY 9, 2009...17:54 Captured Hamas Intelligence, 9 Jan 2009, 16:26 IST Jump to Comments Confiscated Intelligence Map from Hamas Hamas turn a Gaza neighborhood into a warzone. This map, confiscated Wednesday (Jan. 7) by IDF paratroopers operating in the north of Gaza, shows how Hamas uses an entire neighborhood, rigging it with explosive devices and putting the entire civilian population at great risk. The map shows the al-Tatraa neighborhood in Gaza City divided into three areas of operation (red, blue and green). The dots on the... IDF SPOKESPERSON.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2161805/posts#comment Fri, 9 Jan 2009 22:03:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2161209/posts SNIPPET: "The fundamental truth is that Hamas' road to Iran runs through the international Muslim Brotherhood, and has for two decades. What is often missing in the discussion of the Muslim Brotherhood is that Hamas, according to its own founding charter, is an integral and armed part of the Ikwhan, not separate from it." COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2161209/posts#comment Thu, 8 Jan 2009 22:46:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2160539/posts "THE BRIEF LIFE AND EXQUISITE MARTYRDOM OF A HAMAS MORTAR CREW" Snippet: "Via Hamas' al-Aqsa TV station, said to be filmed in Jabaliya on 06 January 2008. At about 1'15" the crew is hit by an apparent Israeli counter-strike." INTERNET-HAGANAH.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2160539/posts#comment Wed, 7 Jan 2009 22:53:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2159888/posts Note: The following text is a quote: http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/About+the+Ministry/Behind+the+Headlines/Ttragedy_school_Jebaliya_6-Jan-2009.htm Behind the Headlines: The tragedy at the school in Jebaliya 6 Jan 2009 An initial inquiry by forces on operating in the area of the incident indicates that a number of mortar shells were fired at IDF forces from within the Jebaliya school. In response to the incoming enemy fire, the forces returned mortar fire to the source. Preliminary Background Briefing Today, a reported 30 Palestinians were killed in a heartrending tragedy at a school in Jebaliya. Initial investigations indicate that Hamas terrorists fired mortar bombs from the area of the school... MFA.gov.il - ISRAEL MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2159888/posts#comment Tue, 6 Jan 2009 22:55:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2158530/posts Cheney stressed the US support for the Gaza operation, saying the rocket fire on Israel must stop. YNET NEWS.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2158530/posts#comment Sun, 4 Jan 2009 17:07:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2158223/posts "Summary of Overnight Events, 03 January 2009" IDF SPOKESPERSON.com via INTERNET-HAGANAH.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2158223/posts#comment Sat, 3 Jan 2009 21:39:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2157816/posts Home Front Command reiterates that residents should immediately take cover if they hear the siren sound, or if they hear an explosion. ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2157816/posts#comment Fri, 2 Jan 2009 22:07:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2157337/posts "OPERATION CAST LEAD The IDF's Fight Against Terror in Gaza" # A blessed New Year to everyone here and abroad. Today's thread beginning January 1, 2009 (U.S.A. Time) INTERNET-HAGANAH.com/Various http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2157337/posts#comment Thu, 1 Jan 2009 21:31:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2156967/posts Defense Minister Ehud Barak visited a Beersheba school hit by a Grad rocket. During the visit, Barak said that "we delivered a serious blow to Hamas, and it continues to be hit – but it's also responding, as we can see." (Ilana Curiel) YNET NEWS.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2156967/posts#comment Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:54:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2155759/posts Israel.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "OPERATION CAST LEAD The IDF's Fight Against Terror in Gaza" INTERNET-HAGANAH.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2155759/posts#comment Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:13:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2155473/posts A Color Red alert was sounded in Ashkelon Monday, after rockets were launched at the city. Earlier, one man was killed from a rocket attack on a construction site in the city. (Shmulik Hadad) YNET NEWS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2155473/posts#comment Mon, 29 Dec 2008 10:08:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2155140/posts SNIPPET: "Rocket range extended: Palestinian gunmen respond to IDF operation in Gaza by firing three rockets beyond Ashkelon area, some 40 km away from Strip. Building in moshav near Ashdod; air raid siren sounds in Yavne area" ARTICLE SNIPPET: "After a day which saw dozens of Qassam rockets fired at Israel, Palestinian gunmen resumed the fire on Sunday morning. Three rockets, believed to be Grad missiles, were fired from the Gaza Strip and landed east of the city of Ashdod. One of the rockets caused damage to the windows of a house in a moshav near Ashdod. Explosions were also... YNET NEWS.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2155140/posts#comment Sun, 28 Dec 2008 08:55:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016308/posts (IsraelNN.com) The Iranian-supplied Grad-type rocket fired at an Ashkelon mall Wednesday was launched from the former Gaza Jewish fishing village of Dugit, which was evacuated and destroyed by Israel in the 2005 Disengagement for the stated purpose of strengthening Israel's security. Hamas-affiliated Popular Resistance Committees Spokesman Muhammad Abdel-Al told World Net Daily Wednesday that the attack, which wounded dozens, including children, was launched from Dugit, located along the coast in northern Gaza. Dugit’s residents, mostly secular Jews who made a living fishing in the Mediterranean, left reluctantly, but without a struggle in 2005, when then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon announced his... Israel National News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016308/posts#comment Thu, 15 May 2008 14:06:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2015910/posts At least 14 people were wounded Wednesday evening, including a mother and her three-year-old daughter, when a Grad rocket fired from Gaza hit the Hutzot Shopping Center in Ashkelon. The rocket ripped through the roof of the mall, causing a large chunk of the roof to collapse in a huge pile of rubble and twisted metal. Four windows were blown out of the side of the building. The top floor of the building, which bore the brunt of the attack, is where offices and clinics are located. A hospital official said a woman and her young daughter were seriously wounded,... Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2015910/posts#comment Wed, 14 May 2008 18:16:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2015818/posts Dozens of people were wounded on Wednesday evening, including a baby girl, when a rocket fired from Gaza hit the Hutzot Shopping Center in Ashkelon. The rocket hit the top floor of the building. Several people were reportedly trapped in the rubble. The attack came as Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and US President George W. Bush concluded their meeting in Jerusalem. Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2015818/posts#comment Wed, 14 May 2008 15:23:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983810/posts A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip struck southern Ashkelon on Tuesday, ending a four-day lull in violence that began directly following the terrorist attack at the Mercaz Harav yeshiva last Thursday, which left eight yeshiva students dead. No injuries or damage from the rocket strike was reported. The rocket landed in south Ashkelon only a few hours after Prime Minister Ehud Olmert toured the rocket-plagued city, warning there is no way of assuring that rocket fire on the city would not resume in the future.... Haaretz.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983810/posts#comment Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:56:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1980854/posts Ashkelon resident Moshe Nissimpor decided that the best way to halt rocket fire from Gaza - in light of what he terms the government's failure to do so - is some vigilante justice. Nissimpor developed a homemade 200-millimeter ballistic missile which he planned to launch from Ashkelon into the Gaza Strip. "From this day onwards, we will push back to the stone age every place which dares shoot missiles into Israel's sovereign territory," he said Wednesday. "It is time the world understood Israelis' lives are not expendable." "I'm afraid this is the only language the Palestinians understand, and this is... Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1980854/posts#comment Wed, 5 Mar 2008 19:31:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1979822/posts Rockets continued to hit Ashkelon and the western Negev after the IDF ground operations in the Gaza Strip were concluded early Monday morning. As the defense establishment began to analyze the recent days of fighting, intelligence officers pointed an accusatory finger toward Teheran. Iranian technology and intelligence was used by Palestinian gunmen in the Gaza Strip in the recent round of violence, said a senior official in Military Intelligence during a Monday meeting of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. "Iran's influence and effect is very clear," said the official. Terrorists fired at least 20 Iranian-assembled Grad-type rockets, which are... JPost http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1979822/posts#comment Mon, 3 Mar 2008 22:43:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1979311/posts ASHKELON, Israel - Residents of this beachside city are still coming to terms with being on the front lines of Israel's battle against Hamas militants. A dozen long-range rockets slammed into Ashkelon over the weekend, marking a significant turning point in the conflict and compelling Israel to strike back hard. ... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1979311/posts#comment Sun, 2 Mar 2008 22:47:14 GMT