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Rocket fired from Gaza hits house in Beersheba; no injuries
[IsraelTimes] IDF says it identified two launches from the Strip; one projectile lands in courtyard of home; five people, including a mother and three children, treated for anxietyPaleostinian holy warriors in the Gazoo Strip fired a rocket at the southern city of Beersheba early Wednesday that landed and went kaboom!in the courtyard of a house, causing damage, but no injuries. The IDF said it had identified two launches from Gazoo. One targeted Bersheeba located some 40 kilometers (25 miles) from the Strip. A second rocket was fired out to sea. Rocket attacks on the city are rare and considered a major escalation. The attack came after Israel’s defense minister warned the military was gearing up for a major strike on Gazoo to stop ongoing violence. Rocket warning sirens blared at 03:40 am and residents reported hearing a loud blast. The rocket landed in the courtyard of a private house. No one was hurt in the kaboom but five people were being treated for anxiety. This was only the second rocket fired at Beersheba since the 2014 Gazoo war. Another rocket struck a field north of Beersheba on August 9 and came as Paleostinians fired dozens of projectiles at Israeli communities along the Gazoo border. Most of those attacks are carried out with mortars or short-range Qassam rockets, however, Paleostinian terror groups can only reach Beersheba with the longer-range Grad rocket.
Following the attack, the Beersheba municipality announced that schools in the city would be closed for the day. The attack come as Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman urged the cabinet to authorize large-scale military campaign against the Hamas, the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®, terror group in Gazoo in light of ongoing riots and violence along the Strip’s security fence. According to the defense minister’s assessment, a "serious blow" to Hamas would result in four to five years of calm along the Gazoo border ‐ akin to the quiet that persisted from the end of the 2014 Gazoo war, known in Israel as Operation Protective Edge, until the start of the current round of festivities in late March, a few limited skirmishes notwithstanding. The defense minister said the "straw that broke the camel’s back" and convinced him that a full-scale military action was necessary in Gazoo was the rioting that took place along the border last Friday evening, after Israel allowed additional fuel into the Strip that had been purchased by Qatar  ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi..."We have exhausted all other options in Gazoo," Liberman said during a visit to the Israel Defense Forces’ Gazoo Division headquarters near the Strip. "Now is the time to make decisions," he added. The security cabinet, which approves such military campaigns, met Sunday to discuss the possibility of an attack against Hamas, but ultimately decided to wait until the week’s end in order to give negotiators a chance to convince the group to abandon its current violent tactics. On Wednesday, the cabinet is due to meet again. Posted by: trailing wife 2018-10-17 |
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