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Islamic Jihad missile hits close to Israeli Defense Minister's home
TEL AVIV Israeli officials said the Islamic Jihad targeted Defense Minister Amir Peretz with a missile that struck his neighbor's home while Peretz was at home.Not a smart thing to do, IJ. Israeli military sources said Islamic Jihad fired a Kassam-class short-range missile that nearly struck the defense minister's home in Sderot. Peretz was in the house when the missile struck a neighbor's home. Nobody was injured, Middle East Newsline reported. "He is a Zionist enemy minister," a Jihad spokesman told a news conference in Gaza City on Wednesday. Well, IJ, you just signed a bunch of death warrants. "We will find the way to implement activities that prevent these organizations from firing toward Sderot and other communities," Peretz said. I hope that his quote is an understatement. Overwhelming retaliation is needed here, no tit for tat. Jihad said it fired four Al Quds-4 missiles, regarded as a variant of the Kassam, toward Sderot. Two of the missiles landed in Sderot and the remainder fell in nearby fields. The sources said Peretz had been warned that he would be a target of Jihad and Palestinian insurgency groups. They said the defense minister has refused appeals by the military to reinforce his home. How about disassembling the enemy? Where is the strength of Israel these days? "Jihad has suspended its attempts to strike strategic facilities in Ashkelon," a military source said. "Instead, Peretz is the target." Now it is IJ's turn to be the target. Posted by: Alaska Paul 2006-06-02 |
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