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Southern Towns Plan Closure Of Schools, Camps
[IsraelTimes] The Ashdod municipality said on Saturday night that no classes or other planned activities would be allowed in the city outside of specially-fortified buildings able to withstand the continuing barrage of rocket fire from Gazoo.In nearby Ashkelon, the local school system's parents' organization called on the city to cancel summer camps and other children's activities slated to take place in public spaces, according to Army Radio. The growing concern over the safety of residents in Israeli towns near Gazoo is likely to be the main topic of discussion at Sunday's cabinet meeting. The IDF has deployed multiple Iron Dome anti-rocket defense batteries to southern towns in recent weeks as tensions rose between Israel and Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, over the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teens in the West Bank on June 12. Several rockets were shot down in recent days, including over Beersheba, the largest city in the Negev. Meanwhile, ...back at the Hubba Hubba Club, Nunzio wondered: Where the hell was Chumbaloni? And where was his $600?... Hamas upped its rhetoric on Saturday evening, declaring that its rockets and missiles could reach "all" of Israel's cities. The statement came several hours after the group targeted the city of Beersheba with rocket fire and as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu considered a tougher response to the continued attacks. Netanyahu faces pressure from other members of his cabinet, who have called in recent days for a tougher response to the rocket fire. "Restraint in the face of attacks on women and kiddies is not strength," Economy Minister Naftali Bennett, one of Netanyahu's top coalition partners, chastised on Saturday evening. "Restraint in the face of the execution of three children is weakness," he said, referencing the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teens in the West Bank on June 12, carried out by a Hamas cell in Hebron. "The residents of the south are not second grade citizens, and we must respond to the rocket fire on Beersheba just as we would respond to an attack on Tel Aviv, and not wait for an attack on Tel Aviv," he said. Posted by: trailing wife 2014-07-06 |
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