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| May 4, 2015
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Rocket Fired At Israel – Lands Short, Explodes in Gaza

In a separate terror incident, two Palestinians arrested Sunday after foiled stabbing attack on IDF soldiers in West Bank.

By i24news

 

A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip Sunday evening towards Israel landed within the
Palestinian enclave and exploded just meters from the border fence, the Israeli army said.

A rocket is launched from the Gaza strip towards Israel on July 12, 2014 – Photo: Jack Guez/AFP/File

No sirens warning of incoming rockets sounded in Gaza border communities, however
soldiers stationed in the area reported hearing a loud explosion.

Two weeks ago, Israeli military forces struck a target in Gaza, hours after a rocket fired
from the coastal enclave struck southern Israel, violating an already shaky truce between
the sides.

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| March 26, 2015
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Amnesty Int’l Reports: Palestinians guilty of war crimes during Gaza war

Amnesty International report: Unguided mortar & rocket attacks by Palestinian groups during Operation Protective Edge were violations under int’l law.
• Report also corroborates IDF reports of Palestinian groups storing munitions in civilian buildings and UN schools.

By The Associated Press and Israel Hayom Staff

 

The human rights group Amnesty International said in a report Thursday that Palestinian groups committed war crimes during Operation Protective Edge last summer by killing both Israeli and Palestinian civilians using indiscriminate projectiles.

A rocket is fired from Gaza City toward Israel, August 2014 – Photo: AP

Palestinian groups, including the armed wing of Hamas, launched unguided rockets and mortars which cannot be aimed at a specific target and are a breach of international law, the human rights group said.

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| March 11, 2015
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IDF to Have Gaza Belt Residents in Bombshelters Longer in Next War With Gaza

IDF is shortening the warning times for incoming Gaza rockets, saying the 15 seconds given was not enough time to find safety: Gaza Belt residents will be instructed to live in, or next to, protective shelters during future conflicts with Gaza.

By Tova Dvorin

 

Guidelines during Operation Protective Edge in Gaza gave a 15-second window to Gaza Belt residents to run to shelters in the event of a “Code Red” alarm – a short time to find safety.

Israelis find shelter from Gaza’s deadly rockets in a ‘converted’ sewage pipe – Reuters

But even 15 seconds is insufficient, a senior Home Front Command official revealed Wednesday – and during the next war, Gaza Belt residents may be instructed to live out of their shelters for the duration of the conflict.

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| March 3, 2015
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Hamas: Int’l Siege of Gaza Won’t Deter Production of Rockets to Attack Israel Again

Completely ignoring the rehabilitation of the strip and the suffering of the Gazans, Hamas has focused on rebuilding missile arsenal and it’s tunnels construction despite the int’l siege.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

A senior Hamas terrorist said Monday his Islamist group which controls Gaza is rebuilding its heavily depleted rocket arsenal to prepare for a new terror war against Israel.

“Any regional or international attempt to lay siege to Hamas or its armed wing is bound to fail,” said Marwan Eissa, a commander of Hamas’s “military branch,” the Al-Qassam Brigades, reports AFP.

Hamas is “not looking for confrontation” with Israel, he said, as quoted by Hamas-run news agency Al-Ray. 

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| January 6, 2015
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Israel’s Communities on Gaza Border to Get New 5-Second Mortar Warning Alarm

Mortar Warning Alarms will be installed in 3-6 months giving Israeli residents near Gaza border a 5 second warning to take cover.

By i24news

 

Israel will install an alarm system to detect incoming mortar fire in southern border communities which border Gaza within the next three to six months reported Israel’s Channel 10 news on Sunday,

Israelis Gila (2nd left) and Doron (left) Tragerman mourn over the coffin of their son Daniel during his funeral in the Israeli village of Yevul located near the border with Gaza Strip on August 24, 2014 – Photo: Menahem Kahana (AFP)

The alarm, which will not be able to intercept incoming shells, will give residents a five second warning to find shelter. Continue Reading »

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| November 1, 2014
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Israel closes Gaza border crossings in retaliation for Friday’s rocket fire on Southern Israel

Jerusalem notifies the Palestinian Authority of decision that Rafah Crossing to Egypt will remain closed.

 

Israel has announced it will close the border crossings to the Gaza Strip on Sunday, after a projectile was fired from the coastal enclave toward the Eshkol Regional Council overnight Friday.

A Palestinian worker walks next to a truck loaded with sacks of cement at Kerem Shalom

A Palestinian worker walks next to a truck loaded with sacks of cement at the Kerem Shalom border crossing on its way from Israel to Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, Oct. 14, 2014. – Photo: AP

The defense establishment announced Saturday that the Erez and Kerem Shalom crossings will be closed until further notice. Continue Reading »

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| November 1, 2014
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IDF confirms: Gaza Rocket Landed in Israel

IDF never activated sirens on Friday for Gaza frontier communities. No one hurt, no damages reported.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

A rocket launched from Gaza on Friday landed in the Eshkol Regional Council in southern Israel, the army said.

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A rocket is launched from the northern Gaza Strip towards Israel. – Photo: REUTERS

The IDF had detected a projectile heading toward Israeli territory – the second such incident since Israel and Hamas reached a deal on August 26 to halt seven weeks of fighting. The cease-fire has largely been holding.

It was not immediately clear whether the rocket landed in Israel or within Gaza, as no sirens were heard in Gaza frontier communities. Continue Reading »

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| August 22, 2014
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Hamas Fighters Kill 4 yr-old Israeli – Rocket sirens wail in Tel Aviv

Arabs looking for a bloody Shabbat:

• Gaza rocket hits Ashdod synagogue, injuring three
• Gaza mortar explodes near preschool in Eshkol
• 1 wounded in Beersheba

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

Medical officials in southern Israel announced the death of a four-year-old Israeli boy who suffered serious injuries when a mortar launched from the northern Gaza Strip directly slammed into a car before sundown on Friday.

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Israel Policeman poses with part of a rocket that struck in the Tel Aviv area earlier Friday – Photo: Israel Police

According to Channel 10, Magen David Adom rescue services rushed the boy to hospital, listing him in grave condition. Continue Reading »

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| July 28, 2014
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Israel’s Prime Minister seeks demilitarization of Gaza in 4 U.S. interviews

PM Netanyahu told news interviewers on Sunday that Hamas violated its own cease-fires & is responsible for Gaza’s civilian casualties.

 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took his message to the American talk shows on Sunday, accusing Hamas of “violating its own ceasefires,” and asking how Americans would react if they were the targets of what he called a “terrorist operation.”

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon at a Golani Brigade exercise.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Defense Ministe Moshe Ya’alon watching a Golani Brigade exercise. – Photo: GPO

Interviewed by CNN, CBS, NBC and Fox, Netanyahu spoke repeatedly of achieving “sustainable quiet” on Israel’s border with Gaza. He did not deny that Israel intended to enlarge its incursion into Gaza, saying only that he would take “whatever action is necessary” to defend Israelis.

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| July 24, 2014
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VIDEO: Hamas Terrorists fire rockets from closed Gaza hospital

Israel says Hamas uses Wafa hospital compound firing anti-tank missiles at IDF soldiers and launch rockets at civilian towns & cities.

Ground and Israeli air forces attack Gaza City killing 10 terrorists, where they claim ‘an entire Hamas brigade is active’.

By Yoav Zitun

 

The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit released footage documenting Hamas terrorists launching rockets from the al Wafa Hospital compound in Gaza City’s Shajaiyeh neighborhood.

Al Wafa hospital (Photo: EPA)

Al Wafa hospital – Photo: EPA

The IDF said that after days of consideration it has begun to attack the Wafa Hospital compound. The military claimed the hospital has been a hotbed of terrorists activities, with gun and anti-tank missile fire originating from the cite. Continue Reading »

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| July 23, 2014
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Hamas Rocket Cache Found in Yet ANOTHER UNRWA School

Against a Canadian demand, it appears that UNRWA will once again hand over to Hamas the rockets it found hidden in a UN school in Gaza.

By Arutz Sheva

 

United Nations relief agency UNRWA has discovered, for a second time during the current war in Gaza, Hamas terror rockets stashed in one of its vacant schools.

A statement by UNRWA Tuesday said that “Today, in the course of the regular inspection of its premises, UNRWA discovered rockets hidden in a vacant school in the Gaza Strip.”

“As soon as the rockets were discovered, UNRWA staff were withdrawn from the premises, and so we are unable to confirm the precise number of rockets,” the agency went on to say. Continue Reading »

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| July 17, 2014
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Majority of Israelis have nowhere to go when rocket warning-sirens sounds

Even though Israel legislated the building of reinforced security rooms over 2 decades ago, much of the country still has no place to go in time of war.

 

“In any future war, three branches will be activated immediately: the Israel Air Force, Military Intelligence and the Home Front Command. The main problem will be the Home Front Command, since its soldiers are civilians. This requires special preparedness.”

neighborhood bomb-shelter entrance - Photo: IsraelandStuff/PP

Neighborhood bomb-shelter entrance – Photo: IsraelandStuff/PP

This is how Maj. Gen. (ret.) Matan Vilnai, a former deputy defense minister and the first minister of home front defense sees the next war. Continue Reading »

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| July 16, 2014
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Norwegian Foreign Minister & Lieberman run for shelter in Ashkelon as Gaza rocket explodes

 

Touring Ashkelon with Norwegian counterpart, FM Lieberman says Israel doesn’t need to control Gaza or build Jewish settlements, just eliminate Hamas.

By Itay Blumental, Attila Somfalvi

 

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and Norwegian Foreign Minister Børge Brende were forced to run for cover Wednesday, when a rocket fired by Gaza militants struck a building in Ashkelon during their visit to the city.

Borge (left) and Lieberman tour Ashkelon (Photo: Yaron Sharon)

Borge (left) and Lieberman tour Ashkelon – Photo: Yaron Sharon

Lieberman had taken his Scandinavian counterpart to the city, which has been battered by rockets from Gaza, and the two top diplomats ran when the siren sounded. No one was hurt in the attack. Continue Reading »

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| July 16, 2014
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Large Rocket Salvo Fired at Metro Tel Aviv – Iron Dome Intercepts 4

Sirens & explosions heard throughout the metro-Tel Aviv area, including Petah Tikva, Bat Yam, Raanana, Herzliya, & Kfar Shemaryahu. – No injuries reported.

By Uzi Baruch, Gil Ronen

 

Hamas fired a large salvo of rockets Wednesday morning at the Greater Tel Aviv area. Four rockets were intercepted.

Israeli Air Force F-16I Sufas over Tel Aviv for Israel’s 63rd Independence Day – Photo: Wikipedia/Flickr

Sirens and explosions sounded throughout Tel Aviv, Bat Yam, Petah Tikva, Herzliya, Raanana and Kfar Shemaryahu.

There is no report yet regarding possible injuries.

The sirens sounded at 9:20.

Earlier Wednesday morning, a woman was lightly hurt in one of the communities in the Be’er Tuvia region, from fragments of a rocket that exploded near her. Continue Reading »

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| July 16, 2014
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For 2nd in time in days, Hamas rocket damages electricity supply-line to Gaza

Gazans lose 20% of their electricity supply.

IEC electricians instructed not to endanger themselves and to make repairs after shooting ceases.

 

After rocket fire from Gaza hit a second power line that feeds electricity to Gaza on Tuesday evening, the Israel Electric Corporation (IEC) instructed its workers to refrain from making repairs until the shooting ceases.

Electricity on the way to the Palestinians (illustrative) – Photo: IsraelandStuff/PP

Electricity on the way to the Palestinians (illustrative) – Photo: IsraelandStuff/PP

The IEC received orders from National Infrastructure, Energy and Water Minister Silvan Shalom to avoid endangering its employees to fix the downed line while Hamas continues to launch rockets from Gaza, the company said.

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