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| Israeli jets bomb Gaza Strip after rockets fired at south | |
| 2015-09-19 | |
| [IsraelTimes] Strikes follow rocket attacks on Sderot, Ashkelon claimed by Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... -affiliate group; no injuries reported Israeli Air Force jets bombed targets in the northern Gazoo Strip early Saturday morning following rocket fire at cities in southern Israel. The IDF said in a statement that Israeli planes struck three targets in the northern Gazoo Strip belonging to Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason,. Local reports identified the locations as near the Gazoo Strip town of Jabaliya. There were no injuries in the strikes, the al-Watan Voice news site reported. Earlier, the Israeli Navy reportedly fired on targets in Gazoo, according to Walla news. The reported strikes came shortly after Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system intercepted a rocket fired at the southern city of Ashkelon on Friday night, hours after a similar attack saw a rocket strike open land in a residential area of Sderot. The interception was the first since last summer's war between Israel and armed Paleostinian groups in the Gazoo Strip last summer.
There were no injuries reported in the Sderot strike, although there was some damage to property, and several people needed treatment for shock. A Paleostinian Salafist group affiliated with the Islamic State took responsibility for the rocket attacks shortly after midnight on Saturday. The Sheikh Omar Hadid Brigade has claimed a number of rocket attacks against Israel this year in defiance of Gazoo's Hamas rulers. Israel Police said that a bus was damaged in the Sderot strike, while the Ynet website reported that a home was also damaged. The residents were inside at the time of the strike, Ynet said, adding that several people were treated at the scene for shock. One woman was taken to Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon after complaining of chest pains and ringing in her ears, the website reported. The sirens sounded at around 8:45 p.m. Friday night in southern Israeli communities along the Gazoo border, after Israeli defenses identified two rocket launches from the coastal strip. Air raid sirens sounded in Sderot and nearby communities, Channel 10 television said. The Home Front Command confirmed the rocket launches and instructed local residents to enter their protected areas. Residents of Sderot reported, however, that public bomb shelters, which ordinarily open automatically once sirens sound, didn't unlock during Friday night's incident. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 Look for Obama to condemn this response to rockets fired on Israel. Possibly he will invite the Palestinians to the WH or start a Twitter war against Israel. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2015-09-19 08:28 |