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IDF: Ashkelon hit by Palestinian Kassam missile
JPost - Reg - ReqâdPalestinian terrorists have fired four Kassam 2 missiles into Israel this afternoon, one of which landed in the southern Israeli port city of Ashkelon. Begging for a whacking, huh? This is the first time that Kassam missiles have landed as far north as Ashkelon. The rockets were fired from Beit Hanun in the Gaza Strip. The IDF reported that no casualities were sustained in the attack. Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired an improved version of the Kassam rocket toward Ashkelon last Sunday. It landed on an empty beach, causing no injuries and leaving only a small crater in the sand. Which, ideally, is what the Paleos will resemble after the retaliation But it marked the first firing of the Kassam-2 since the ill-fated hudna (cease-fire) was declared seven weeks ago, and the first time a rocket almost reached Ashkelon. Hamas and other groups in the Gaza Strip used the period of the cease-fire to extend the range of their home-made Kassam rockets. Busy little beavers, arenât they? If they put half the effort into productive activities as they do in trying to kill Joooos, they wouldnât live in such stinking sh&tholes The rocket was fired from Beit Lahiya. Military sources said the rocket traveled only seven kilometers. The IDF retaliated for the Kassam attack on Sunday with pinpoint helicopter missile strikes targeting key Hamas leaders. The Sunday rocket strike came just hours after Palestinian security forces said they had begun arresting weapons smugglers in the Gaza Strip on Saturday evening, seizing weapons and detaining at least 15 suspects. They said they also sealed off two more tunnels used to smuggle weapons from Egypt to the Gaza Strip. Show arrests - posed Israeli security officials dismissed the Palestinian raids as fiction and affirmed that Israel will continue acting against terrorists, a security source said. The Palestinian Authority has decided to implement gradual measures to destroy the terrorist infrastructure, while also trying to discuss a new hudna involving Israel through international diplomatic mediation, Palestinian officials said this week. very gradual, as in letting the big guys age and die naturally It was reported from Gaza today that the PA has frozen several bank accounts of so-called Islamic charities in Gaza and the West Bank. These charities have been funding terror activities according to officials in the Prime Ministerâs office. Posted by: Frank G 2003-08-28 |
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