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Rocket Attacks Continue On Israel
By David Bedein, Middle East Correspondent
Jerusalem — Yesterday and Saturday, Israeli Air Force (IAF) jets attacked smuggling tunnels that run beneath the Philadelphi Road along the Egypt-Gaza border.
Secondary explosions followed the IAF strikes, proving the presence of munitions. The strikes followed on the heels of a series of Palestinian attacks against Israeli targets on Friday and Saturday.
During Friday’s attacks, Palestinians fired a Grad rocket at the city of Gan Yavne, more than 30 miles from Gaza, and only 18 miles from Tel Aviv.
The Israel radar system identified the rocket-fire, yet the same alarm system failed to respond due to a technical malfunction.
Three Qassam rockets were also fired over the weekend out of Gaza that landed in open fields in the Eshkol and Shaar Hanegev regions that are adjacent to Gaza. On Saturday afternoon, a bomb was detonated near an Israeli army patrol that moved near the border fence in central Gaza.
On Friday, the IAF, attacked a Hamas weapons production installations in northern Gaza. A few hours earlier in the day, the IAF attacked two terrorists who were riding a motorcycle to the east of Khan Yunis. Motorcycles have become a very popular mode of transportation among terrorists, who work on the assumption that it is more difficult to attack a motorcycle. In the case in question, however, the IAF missile struck near the motorcycle, killing one of the terrorists and causing the other one serious injuries.
David Bedein can be reached at bedein@thebulletin.us
Secondary explosions followed the IAF strikes, proving the presence of munitions. The strikes followed on the heels of a series of Palestinian attacks against Israeli targets on Friday and Saturday.
During Friday’s attacks, Palestinians fired a Grad rocket at the city of Gan Yavne, more than 30 miles from Gaza, and only 18 miles from Tel Aviv.
The Israel radar system identified the rocket-fire, yet the same alarm system failed to respond due to a technical malfunction.
Three Qassam rockets were also fired over the weekend out of Gaza that landed in open fields in the Eshkol and Shaar Hanegev regions that are adjacent to Gaza. On Saturday afternoon, a bomb was detonated near an Israeli army patrol that moved near the border fence in central Gaza.
On Friday, the IAF, attacked a Hamas weapons production installations in northern Gaza. A few hours earlier in the day, the IAF attacked two terrorists who were riding a motorcycle to the east of Khan Yunis. Motorcycles have become a very popular mode of transportation among terrorists, who work on the assumption that it is more difficult to attack a motorcycle. In the case in question, however, the IAF missile struck near the motorcycle, killing one of the terrorists and causing the other one serious injuries.
David Bedein can be reached at bedein@thebulletin.us
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