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WND : Hamas 'very satisfied' with fleeing Jews
 Hamas is "very satisfied" with reports here some Israelis in communities near the Gaza Strip are ready to flee their rocket-plagued towns while students reportedly have been skipping school for fear of being caught in regular Palestinian attacks, a senior leader of Hamas' so-called "military wing" told WND in an interview yesterday. "The importance of what is happening in Sderot proves to the Palestinians, especially those who say rockets bring no results, that rocket attacks do bring big benefits," said Abu Abdullah, who is considered one of the most important operational members of Hamas' Izzedine al-Qassam Martyrs Brigades, Hamas' declared military wing. "We promise we will keep hitting them because this process (of launching rockets at Jewish communities) is starting to bring results. We are working to improve our rockets to hit further and cause more Jews to evacuate," said the terror leader, speaking to WND from Gaza. Sderot is an Israeli city of about 20,000 located nearly three miles from the Gaza Strip border. Since Israel's withdrawal from Gaza last summer, hundreds of rockets have slammed into the town and other nearby Jewish communities fired by Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip. Four rockets landed in Sderot yesterday and eight more landed nearby. Qassam rockets have been hitting as far as the strategic port city of Ashkelon, about five miles from Gaza, which is home to large oil refineries and one of Israel's most powerful electric generators. Qassams are improvised steel rockets, about four feet long, filled with explosives and fuel. They can travel between one and five miles depending on the sophistication of the particular rocket Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-11-21 |
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