Palestinians Continue Rocket Barrages On Israel

It's another day in Israel, and the rocket warning sirens have gone off repeatedly as Hamas fires still longer range rockets into Israel.

Hamas Islamists fired their longest-range rockets at a southern Israel city on Friday after an Israeli air force attack on their Gaza stronghold, in the 11th day of skirmishes threatening a five-month-old truce.

The armed wing of the Islamist group said it fired five Grad rockets at an Israeli city, the longest-range weapon it has used against the Jewish state. Israel said they hit Ashkelon, north of Gaza on the Mediterranean coast, with no casualties.

Israel and Hamas blamed each other for the flare-up since November 4, in which 12 Hamas militants have been killed by Israeli forces 4 and scores of rockets fired into Israel. But both shied away from declaring an end to the Egyptian-brokered truce.

For anyone paying attention, that means that Hamas has been stockpiling longer range rockets than it had used previously. They were using the hudna to regroup and rearm, which is exactly what I was predicting from the get-go.

The terrorists also fired off their kassam rockets at Sderot, injuring still more Israelis.

There is no truce, and both sides know it, but the "diplomats" are going to try and paper things over although Hamas now says that they will not renew the truce. The terrorists are also threatening to resume suicide bombing attacks, which is little different than before.

Why would Hamas need to renew the truce? They've had months to regroup and rearm, and are now ready to use the Palestinian people as cannon fodder once again for their senseless violence, carnage and mayhem.

During this hudna, the terrorists have used terrorists hijacking heavy construction equipment to go on rampages in Jerusalem, shootings, and have had several thwarted infiltration attempts, in addition to the mortar and rocket barrages.

The terrorists in Hamas and Islamic Jihad have been plotting attacks for months, and when Israel has disrupted those attacks by going after those in the process of carrying them out, it makes Israel look like the aggressor. Israel is simply defending itself from these terrorists, and the media doesn't bother to note it as such.

The terrorists then fire off their rockets at Israel claiming it was Israel's fault for them having to resort to these attacks. It's yet another sign of the Israeli double standard time that is all to prevalent in the world media.

UPDATE:
On cue, the UN and EU demand that the Israelis lift their closures and bans on aid going into Gaza. Let's all just ignore that the terrorists have repeatedly used those humanitarian aid convoys to smuggle in weapons and personnel while taking a bunch of the aid to spread out among its chosen few.

That's after the terrorists firing off multiple barrages of rockets and mortars with the intent to murder Israelis. This time, they only managed to wound an elderly woman and three other Israelis.