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IsraeliGirl, and is reposted here with permission
Rocket attacks on Israel have escalated over the weekend, as one IDF soldier was killed and several soldiers and civilians were injured in clashes with Palestinian terrorists.
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The al-Quds Brigades, the militant arm of the Islamic Jihad group, took responsibility for the shootings. Hamas is looking the other way, allowing smaller terrorist groups to test how far Israel will go in its response.
Here is a summary of the events:
o On Friday evening, An IDF force identified several Palestinian militants planting explosive devices near the fence in the Central Gaza Strip. The soldiers reacted by firing towards the Palestinian terrorists. For a reason that is still unclear, one of the shells deviated from its course and hurt IDF soldiers. Sgt. Nadav Rotenberg was killed and an other IDF officer was moderately injured. Three other IDF soldiers were lightly wounded during the incident.
o 3 foreign workers were injured when a mortar fired from the Gaza Strip exploded in the Sha'ar Hanegev region. One of the foreign workers was in moderate-serious condition from shrapnel injuries to his chest. A second foreign worker was moderately wounded by shrapnel in his leg and a third was lightly wounded in the incident.
Shell landing site (Photo: Roee Idan)
o At least three Qassam rockets were fired at southern Israel Saturday evening, wounding a truck driver lightly. The truck driver was hurt by glass shreds after driving near the rocket landing site.
It's been slighly more than 2 years since Israel launched operation "Cast Lead" and Hamas is increasing the fire slowly but surely.
Wishing you all a peaceful week...
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I'm not sure why Israel receives so much bad publicity and gets pressured to have peace talks with these radical terrorists. The important question that has not been systematically addressed is whether Hamas is demonstrating any signs of moderation in its attitudes toward Israel and Middle East peace. Unfortunately, there is no evidence of a new pragmatism among the Hamas leadership, but only greater indications of a much harder line, which is expressed by its adoption of expressions of genocidal intent in its war against Israel and the Jewish people. This article shows you exactly what Terrorists leaders are saying about Israel, http://bit.ly/f4lpZK , yet Israel is the bad guy...
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure why Israel receives so much bad publicity and gets pressured to have peace talks with these radical terrorists
ReplyDeleteBecause the easy way out is to talk to the one who can be reasoned with, and insist he be the good one to give in.
Parents do that all the time when their kids get into fights.