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| September 9, 2012
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IDF PICTURES: Gaza Rocket Destroys House in Netivot

Last night, a house was destroyed in Netivot (a city of 26,500 residents) after a rocket hit its living room. The following pictures show the extent of damage to the house.

 

Since the beginning of 2012, more than 455 rockets have hit Israel. Over the past 9 days of September more than 10 rockets hit southern Israel, triggering alarms in the nearby communities.

Damage to Netivot caused by a rocket

Damage to Netivot caused by a rocket

Damage to Netivot caused by a rocket

Due to the heavy threat to the lives of Israeli civilians, school has been canceled for more than 40,000 children in Beer Sheva. Continue Reading »

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| August 27, 2012
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Rocket explodes near Sderot as Children walk to School

Gaza terrorists shoot rocket at southern city, luckily no one was injured

By Neri Brenner

 

A Qassam rocket exploded in an open area outside Sderot Monday. No injuries or damage were reported.

The Color Red alert sounded in the area ahead of the explosion.

Sderot on Sunday – Photo: Avi Roccah

The fire came as the city’s schoolchildren were entering their classrooms, ahead of the first day of the new school year.

Sunday also saw Gaza fire on Israel’s southern communities as three rockets were fired at the western Negev.

One rocket hit the southern city of Sderot, the second hit Sha’ar Hanegev Regional Council and the third rocket landed in an open area. Continue Reading »

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| August 26, 2012
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Rocket Attacks Resumes as a Kassam Hits Sderot Building

Gaza terrorists shoot 3 Kassam rockets near Sderot Sunday, 1 of them damaging a building. 1 person lightly wounded.

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

 

Gaza terrorists fired three Kassam rockets on the Western Negev Sunday, one of them damaging a building in the industrial area near Sderot, located less than one mile “as the rocket flies” from northern Gaza.

One person was lightly wounded and a second was treated for shock.

Terrorists from Hamas-controlled Gaza have continually attacked the Western Negev since the government expelled Jews from Gush Katif and withdrew all IDF personnel in the summer of 2005. Dozens of people have been killed and hundreds have been injured, not including thousands of residents who have suffered shock and trauma. Continue Reading »

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| August 11, 2012
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Gazan Terrorists Testing new Rockets by firing into Sinai, Israeli Sources Say

Israelis say there is evidence that Egypt’s northern Sinai region has become a testing range for Gaza’s rocket builders.

By Elad Benari, Canada

 

Israeli sources told Reuters on Friday there is evidence that Egypt’s north Sinai region is becoming not only a rallying point for terrorists but a firing range for Gaza’s rocket builders.

It was soon after the 2011 revolt in Egypt toppled President Hosni Mubarak that Israeli rocket radars began to spot unusual launches from the Gaza, the report noted.

While the rockets normally towards Israeli border towns, or north towards coastal cities, some are now aimed at the empty desert wastes of Sinai. Continue Reading »

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| August 2, 2012
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IDF tank-shield ‘Windbreaker’ intercepts missile

Israel’s Merkava tank escapes missile hit thanks to IDF’s High-Tech Defense System

By Yoav Zitun

The IDF‘s Windbreaker defense system has intercepted an anti-tank missile fired at a tank in the central Gaza Strip, near Kissufim on Wednesday.

Windbreaker Courtesy: Ministry of Defense

Windbreaker Courtesy: Ministry of Defense

 

An IDF inquiry suggests that the tank shield detected a missile launch during operational activity near the border fence. No injuries were reported.

The IDF considers the firing of the missile a very unusual event. Windbreaker has rarely been called into action since becoming operational two years ago. In March 2011, it successfully intercepted an RPG rocket fired at a tank. Continue Reading »

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| July 28, 2012
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Two Qassam rockets explode near Sderot

Gaza-based terrorists fire 2 Qassams at western Negev; no injuries reported

By Neri Brenner

 

 

Two rockets fired from the Gaza Strip exploded in an open area near Sderot on Saturday evening. No injuries or damage were reported.

A 29-year-old woman was lightly injured when running to a protected space. She was taken to the Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon shortly after.

Rocket landing site (archives) – Photo: Zeev Trachtman

Meanwhile, two Qassam rockets were fired from Gaza on Friday towards agricultural fields in the Negev’s Eshkol Regional Council. No injuries or damage were reported.

Last week, the Iron Dome defense system intercepted a rocket which was fired at Ashkelon. Continue Reading »

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| June 26, 2012
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‘Ceasefire War’ Continues with Rocket Attack on Kibbutz

Terrorists from Hamas-controlled Gaza continue their “ceasefire war” and fire a Kassam rocket on a kibbutz chicken barn, causing damage.

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

 

 

Terrorists from Hamas-controlled Gaza continued their “ceasefire war” Tuesday morning and fired a Kassam rocket on a kibbutz chicken barn, causing damage but no physical injuries.

A man runs for cover from incoming rockets sounds in Kibbutz Kfar Aza

A man runs for cover from incoming rockets sounds in Kibbutz Kfar Aza - Reuters

The rocket exploded in the area of Sderot, located less than a mile from northern Gaza.

This week’s unannounced ceasefire, similar to dozens of others the past several years, resulted in a relative quiet after last week’s massive barrage of more than 150 Grad Missiles, Kassam rockets and mortar shells. Continue Reading »

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| June 24, 2012
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Report of Slain Gaza Child A Fake, IDF Says

Gaza’s Hamas leaders claim a young child was killed in an Israeli airstrike. Israel: There was no airstrike.

By Maayana Miskin

 

Hamas leaders in Gaza announced Saturday that a young child had been killed in an Israeli airstrike. The child was identified as Ali Muataz al-Shawaf, 4.

Pictures of the child’s bloody body were published in Palestinian Authority media outlets.

However, IDF officials later revealed the story as a lie. There was no Israeli airstrike in the region in which the child was killed, they asserted.

IDF officials confirmed that a Gaza terrorist was killed in an airstrike elsewhere in Gaza.

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| June 23, 2012
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Hamas: Gaza truce as of Saturday night

Ceasefire between Gaza terror groups, Israel achieved via Egyptian mediation, senior Hamas man says; more than 20 rockets hit Israel Saturday, IDF hits terror cell

by Elior Levy

 

A ceasefire between Gaza Strip factions and Israel will go into effect Saturday night following Egyptian mediation efforts, senior Hamas man Ayman Taha said in an interview with a Palestinian televisions station Saturday evening.

Gaza rockets explode in Israel Photo: Eliad Levy

Gaza rockets explode in Israel - Photo: Eliad Levy

Earlier Saturday, Israeli defense officials said that quiet in Gaza will be met with quiet, but denied that ceasefire negotiations were underway or that a truce deal was achieved. Continue Reading »

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| June 22, 2012
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Israel Air Force aircraft strikes Gaza terror cell attempting to fire rockets

Hamas medical officials say one Palestinian killed and another wounded in strike at al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza; IAF attack comes after two rockets fired into southern Israel from Gaza.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

Israel Air Force aircraft struck a terror cell preparing to launch rockets into Israel from theGaza Strip on Friday, according to the IDF Spokesman’s Office.

The strike came after two rockets were fired into Southern Israel from Gaza earlier in the day landing in the Eshkol Regional Council area. More than 130 rockets have been fired into the South from Gaza since Monday, but Thursday and Friday were relatively quiet after an Egyptian-brokered informal ceasfire seemed to be largely holding. Continue Reading »

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| June 20, 2012
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Gaza rocket directly hits home in southern Israel; Iron Dome intercepts missile in Netivot for first time

IDF kills Islamic Jihad operative involved in terror attack along Egypt border; more than 30 rockets fired at Israel on Wednesday.

By Yanir Yagna, Gili Cohen and Avi Issacharoff

 

 

A Gaza rocket has directly hit a home in the Sdot Negev Regional council on Wednesday, as more than 30 rockets were fired into southern Israel since the morning.

Meanwhile, the Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepted a rocket fired at Netivot for the first time on Wednesday. Another rocket, which was fired during the same barrage, directly hit a home in Sdot Negev, and several people suffered from shock. Continue Reading »

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| June 20, 2012
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Grad rocket lands near Be’er Sheva; IAF strikes targets in northern Gaza

Two rockets fall in towns but cause no casualties, though light damage was done to an industrial structure.

By Gili Cohen and Yanir Yagn

 

 

The rocket fire from Gaza continued early morning Wednesday with a Grad rocket landing near Be’er Sheva and more than ten rockets landing in the Eshkol Regional Council. Two of the rockets landed inside towns but caused no casualties, though light damage was caused to an industrial structure.

The rocket that wounded the Border Patrol officer on June 19, 2012.

The rocket that wounded the Border Patrol officer on June 19, 2012. - Photo by Eliyahu Hershkovitz

In response to the fire, the Israel Air Force launched an attack in the northern Gaza Strip. Continue Reading »

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| June 19, 2012
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Rocket fire continues: 13 Qassams hit Negev; IAF strikes Gaza

Incessant rocket fire on south Israel prompts another IDF strike in Gaza; one rocket lands near police sappers, but no one hurt

By Ynet reporters

 

 

Thirteen Qassam rockets fired by Palestinian terrorists in Gaza Tuesday afternoon landed in open areas within the Negev’s Eshkol Regional Council. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

Archives Photo: Ze'ev Trachtman

Archives Photo: Ze'ev Trachtman

Shortly after the rocket salvo, Israeli aircraft struck a target in the Gaza Strip. The IDF said its target was destroyed. Palestinian sources in the Hamas-ruled territory said one person was severely wounded in what they called a targeted killing attempt

The sources said the .aircraft Continue Reading »

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| June 6, 2012
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IDF strikes Gaza in response to rocket fire

Army says two arms caches bombed in response to rocket fire; Palestinians report two injuries. Hamas evacuating military facilities

 

Air Force jets attacked targets in the Gaza Strip in response to the recent firing of rockets at Israel. Palestinian sources noted that Hamas was evacuating all of its military and security facilities fearing additional strikes.

Archive photo Photo: AFP

Archive photo Photo: AFP

It was initially reported that an attack on a base in northern Gaza city killed one person and injured two, but Gaza’s emergency services spokesman denied any fatalities and reported that two Palestinians sustained moderate and serious injuries.

Palestinians searched for survivors under the rubble. Continue Reading »

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| June 4, 2012
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Qassam hits western Negev; none injured

Rocket fired from Gaza causes small brush fire but no injuries; IAF strikes targets in Strip

 

A Qassam rocket fired from northern Gaza exploded on the outskirts of Sderot at noon on Monday. No injuries were reported.A small brush fire erupted at the landing site, but was quickly extinguished by local firefighters.

The IAF struck a terror tunnel and a weapons mill in northern Gaza Strip overnight.

The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said that the pilots reported destroying their marks, adding that the strike came in response to Sunday’s rocket fire at the western Negev.

 

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