Monday, May 21, 2007

Rocket Men

Hamas continues firing rockets into Israel and Israel continues its latest policy of responding to such attacks with airstrikes against those firing the rockets. That policy may be extended to Hamas leadership, including Meshaal and Haniyeh.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out why. Hamas leaders are terrorists who seek Israel's destruction. They don't want accomodation with Israel or a two-state solution. They want to eliminate Israel from the map.

UPDATE:
Israel targeted and eliminated four Islamic Jihad terrorists who were driving along in preparation for a rocket attack. The attacks are taking a toll on Hamas, whose leaders have warned their minions to avoid using cell phones. That's good news, since it means that the terrorists wont be able to communicate with each other, but it also means that the leadership will have a more difficult time keeping things under control.

UPDATE:
An Israeli woman was struck and killed by one of those kassams when it hit a car and exploded. A man was seriously injured in the same incident.
The woman killed in the attack suffered from injuries to her limbs and stomach. She was evacuated by a Magen David Adom crew to the Barzilay Medical Center in Ashkelon, where she died from her wounds.

Another man injured by shrapnel was also evacuated to hospital. Twelve people were treated for shock.

The rocket landed very close to the commercial center. Most business owners had closed their shops for a meeting on the situation.

The Salah al-Din Brigades, the Popular Resistance Committees' military wing, claimed responsibility for the rocket attacks. More than 10 rockets have been fired from the Gaza Strip since Monday morning.

Sderot residents said that the rocket alert system was not activated before the rockets landed in the city.
One has to wonder why the system isn't activated 24/7 considering the daily barrages of rockets fired from Gaza into Israel. Meanwhile, the Salah al-Din brigade is yet another alphabet terrorist group with ties to Fatah. If you're keeping score, that would be the so-called moderate terrorist group.

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