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Related: About this forumIsraeli Aircraft Strike Targets in Gaza Strip
Source: Associated Press
By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press
JERUSALEM June 24, 2013 (AP)
Israeli aircraft pounded targets in the Gaza Strip early Monday after rockets were fired at Israel from the territory, the military said, unsettling a tenuous cease-fire between Israel and Hamas.
The military said its aircraft struck two weapons storage facilities and a rocket launch site. No injuries were reported.
Rocket fire from Gaza has declined since Israel carried out an eight-day military campaign last November in response to frequent attacks. An Egyptian-brokered cease-fire has largely held, but sporadic fire still persists.
No militant group claimed responsibility for the rocket launch, but speaking on Army Radio, Israel's chief military spokesman Brig. Gen. Yoav Mordechai blamed the militant Islamic Jihad group. Islamic Jihad has occasionally fired rockets from Gaza in the past, challenging Hamas' truce with Israel.
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delrem
(9,688 posts)I know, there have been rocket attacks that have done damage. But I'm asking about the vast majority that seem to be little more than firecrackers, in comparison to the usual retaliation "Israeli aircraft pounded targets" all the way up to "operations" given patriotic names. So who are these fuckers who do this, regularly, to maintain a tempo that TOTALLY gives Israel the advantage.
Shaktimaan
(5,397 posts)not "no damage."
pelsar
(12,283 posts)here I'll give the kind of info that you'll have to ignore, but others might find it interesting
first israel doesnt say where they land, unless it on some building where the papers will write about it anyway...since telling where they land helps the shooters adjust their aim (its called bracketing).
second, israel has a warning system that sends 100,00 people running to shelters when the rockets are fired, this tends to minimize casualties...this is what democracies do to protect it citizens.
and finally the rockets being fired are Grad rockets, military grade, no longer the "amateur" kassams.
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So who are these fuckers who do this, regularly, to maintain a tempo that TOTALLY gives Israel the advantage.
and if you dont know that, or why....you really have zero knowledge of the I/P conflict and the motivations involved.....zero, nada......
shira
(30,109 posts)Jews are the evil bankers, child-killers, Elders of Zion, and Nazis...
Jews aren't victims.
Now Hamas, Islamic Jihad, the PLO.....THEY are the victims!
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)here's an example of how threats are dealt with
http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/12/07/israelgaza-israeli-airstrike-home-unlawful
shira
(30,109 posts)The headline suggests Israel is the aggressor. The MSM waits until Israel responds to Hamas/IJ attacks rather than reporting on the terror attacks first.
For some reason, the last first method of reporting appears to be very popular with Middle East journalists in general, especially when dealing with Israeli responses to rocket fire or terror attacks. Though this style of reporting is by no means exclusive to BBC employees, it is they who are charged with ensuring that the BBC gives information about, and increases understanding of, the world through accurate and impartial news. That obligation to accuracy and increased understanding is not aided by the recounting of an event in reverse order.
http://bbcwatch.org/2012/10/22/bbc-news-telling-the-end-of-a-story-first/
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)shira
(30,109 posts)azurnoir
(45,850 posts)shira
(30,109 posts)azurnoir
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Speaking at a ceremony in the Barkan settlement, Netanyahu said his father Benzion, a professor of Jewish history who died last year at the age of 102, always stressed the "link to our land."
"The most important thing is to deepen the roots because from these everything grows," Netanyahu told a class of schoolchildren. "Today, we are here deepening our roots."
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/israeli-aircraft-strike-targets-gaza-strip-19470271#.UcogfpyXRaw