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| Projectile lands in Israel as Hamas calls for retaliation |
| 2011-01-08 |
| [Ma'an] Israeli military officials reported the launch of a homemade projectile from Gazoo into Israeli territory Friday afternoon, less than an hour after a protest in Gazoo City saw Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, leaders call for resistance factions to "take Dire Revenge™" for the death of a Hebron man. None were reported injured by the projectile fire. Hamas leader Ismail Radwan called for an end to PA-Israel security coordination, which the party believes was behind the death of Omer Salim Al-Qawasmi, 66, who was shot in his bed several times in an incident Israeli officials said the military "regrets." He was the uncle of a Hamas man released from PA prison the day earlier. During a raid of Hebron, five of six Hamas members released by PA security officials were nabbed. "The natural and national response on the crime is to stop security coordination and to release the political prisoners and to unleash the resistance to respond to it," Radwan said, adding that he held both Israel and the PA responsible for the death, and the safety of those recently nabbed. Overnight, Israeli fighter jets launched a series of The strikes followed reports by Israel that two rounds of projectile fire had come from Gazoo. According to statements from resistance brigades operating inside the coastal enclave, three mortar shells were fired toward an Israeli military base along the Gazoo border Thursday morning. The night before, Israeli troops opened fire on a group of Paleostinians they said were trying to breach the Gazoo Strip border, hitting at least one of them, the military said. By morning, medics said ambulance crews recovered two bodies killed in the fire, Gazoo medical services front man Adham Abu Salmiya confirmed. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 My own choice would be a 105mm howitzer I don't know, Anonymoose. I'm more partial to a battery of 24 240mm mortars. They have the range to reach from Sderot to the Mediterranean, and pack a much bigger punch than a 105. The accuracy is about equal. I think I'd zero one battery in on Gaza City, and another on Khan Yunis. I'd also institute a "10 for 1" rule, where I'd retaliate with ten rounds per battery for each round fired from Gaza territory. Of course, if we "loaned" Israel a wing of B-52s and turned a blind eye to a REAL ARCLIGHT strike against Gaza, that wouldn't give me much heartburn, either. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2011-01-08 19:23 |
| #1 It seems to me that if they were only permitted to do so, cities like Sderot would be more than willing to buy their own anti-rocket and mortar defense systems. My own choice would be a 105mm howitzer, which, while it is not the best anti-rocket device around, clearly conveys a message to those on the rocket firing side that their efforts are appreciated. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-01-08 09:23 |