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| Round-up: Gaza Rockets Slam Into Southern Israel, Israel Responds | |||
| 2014-06-15 | |||
A rocket went kaboom!in a community in southern Israel Saturday evening, only hours after IAF forces struck targets in Gazoo Strip in response to additional rocket fire from earlier in the day. Meanwhile, ...back at the pound, the little lost dog backed into the corner and showed its teeth. And what big teeth they were!... thousands of IDF troops searched the West Bank for three Israel teens who have been missing since Thursday evening and are presumed to have been kidnapped by Paleostinians in the West Bank. The rocket Saturday evening slammed into a community in the Hof Ashkelon Regional Community, landing only a few meters from a residential home. The IDF confirmed the rocket landed in the house's yard, but said no injuries or damage were sustained. The rocket was preceded by a Color Red siren; however, this was not the case with the rocket that landed earlier Saturday, which landed near the border fence with Gazoo in the Shaar Hanegev Regional Council. Israeli Air Force struck a terror target east of Khan Yunis in the Gazoo Strip on Saturday morning, in response to Paleostinian rocket fire at the western Negev earlier. According to Paleostinian TV channel Al-Quds, the IAF jets targeted a terror post of Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason,' military wing, Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, near the Islamic University. According to the Paleostinians, two missiles were fired towards the target. An IDF front man said that the strike targeted "a terror activity site and a weapon storage facility," and that direct hits were identified. The army stressed that the attack was in response to rocket fire towards Israel and that "the IDF will not tolerate any attempt to hurt the citizens of Israel and the IDF soldiers will act against any organization that uses terror against Israel."
The IDF Southern District Command has decided to close the two crossings into Gazoo Strip in wake of the rocket fire into Israel Saturday. According to the decision, no goods besides fuel will be allowed into Gazoo.
IAF aircraft attacked six terror related sites in the Gazoo Strip Saturday. Three terror activity centers were targeted along with two arms production and storage sites in the southern Gazoo Strip and one terror activity center in central Gazoo, IDF Spokesman's Unit said in a statement. The statement also said that accurate hits were identified. | |||
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 There's just something about standing around unexploded ordinance taking selfies that cries, "Darwin!" |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2014-06-15 01:26 |