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Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Hamas: Airlines should avoid Israel's airport

2014-07-13

Hamas warned airlines to stay away from Israel's Ben Gurion Airport, threatening to target it with rockets. Friday's warning by Hamas' armed wing, reported by Reuters, came on the fourth day of Israel's operation against Hamas in Gaza.

"The armed wing of Hamas movement has decided to respond to the Israeli aggression and we warn you against carrying out flights to Ben Gurion airport, which will be one of our targets today because it also hosts a military air base," Reuters quoted a statement by Hamas' Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades as saying.

Hamas claimed earlier that it already had fired at least one rocket toward the airport, although no such hit was reported. The terrorist group said it had issued the warning so that airlines could avoid injury to passengers.

So thoughtful they are.

Several rockets from the Gaza Strip were fired toward the greater Tel Aviv area on Friday morning. The Iron Dome missile defense system intercepted three projectiles. No injuries were reported. Incoming air traffic was halted as sirens were sounded in the area, an airport spokesperson told The Jerusalem Post. Flight traffic was resumed as normal after the sirens subsided.

And so effective, too.

A spokesman for the Airports Authority said that a siren had sounded at Ben Gurion and that all activity had stopped for about 10 minutes, but that the siren was part of a general alert in the Tel Aviv area and not a direct threat to the airport.

Posted by:Steve White

#4 re: #3 That would be a good place to take them into custody. It would be for their own . . . . safety . . . you understand. Might have to keep them in tiny, dark,s ealed rooms for a looooong time. For their own safety, you understand.

Posted by: Canuckistan sniper 2014-07-13 12:15

#3 Their feckless western negotiators and financiers will be arriving at Ben Gurion. The flights must not be interrupted.

Posted by: Besoeker 2014-07-13 03:22

#2 The terrorist group said it had issued the warning so that airlines could avoid injury to passengers.

How big of you. (Sarc, should it not be plain)

Posted by: Redneck Jim 2014-07-13 03:22

#1 Good work, dumb-~~Ham~~asses. You just gave the Israelis yet another justification for crushing you like bugs.

Posted by: SteveS 2014-07-13 00:35

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