Friday, February 25, 2011

Rocket attack

Here is a note from my son-in-law Jeff who lives in Beer Sheva. A request from me to all you well-meaning liberal Jews in the Diaspora, including J-Street in the US and Mick Davis and his Jewish Leadership Council in the UK, all of whom seem to exist solely to criticize Israel (as if we don't have enough enemies). Please don't judge us too harshly until you are in our situation. My children and grandchildren are in harm's way. When yours are also you can choose for yourself what you would do, run, hide or support the enemies of Israel. For myself I am glad that the IAF is now hitting the Gaza strip hard so that the rulers there get the message, we will not tolerate rockets fired into our civilian communties.

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Since you may hear about this, you may as well hear about it from us. At around 21:40 the warning alarms in the city went off. So we gathered in our "safe" area and then there was a loud explosion. The Palestinians in Gaza had fired a grad rocket that landed in Beer Sheva. Nobody was injured, thank G-d, but there was significant damage to some houses and cars.
--Jeff and Miriam and kids

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Grad rocket hits Beersheba

Gaza Strip terror reaches Negev capital for first time since Operation Cast Lead. Damage caused to several houses, vehicles after rocket exploded in backyard. No injuries reported

Ilana Curiel Published: 02.23.11, 22:17 / Israel News

A Grad rocket fired from the Gaza Strip hit a backyard in Beersheba Wednesday. Damage was caused to several nearby houses and vehicles. Magen David Adom emergency services said they are unaware of injuries. It remains unclear how many rockets exploded.
An alarm was sounded in the area at around 9:40 pm accompanied by explosion sounds.
The MDA director ordered the alertness level be raised in the Southern District. Police forces are at the scene.
Beerheba Mayor Rubik Danilovitch said one house was hit. "No one was hurt thanks to the fact that everyone entered fortified areas and the rocket landed outdoors."
One of the residents said he heard the alarm while in his backyard. "As the alarm went off I stepped inside and told the whole family to enter the fortified room. We then heard a loud blast and one of the doors fell inside the living room. Luckily no one was hurt. "
Salit, a Ramat Gan resident whose parents reside in Beesheba told Ynet that the windows at her parents' house had shattered but that her parents have not been injured.
Noa Raz, a Beersheba resident told Ynet she heard two loud blasts.
The Negev police said they received reports from residents who heard explosions. "We have yet to detect a hit at this point," one officer said.
Earlier on Wednesday, three mortar bombs exploded in the Shaar Henegev Regional Council. No injuries were reported. One of the bombs exploded near a soccer field, another near a pool and the third near a kibbutz outside the border fence. Also Wednesday, 11 Palestinians were hurt by mortars fired by the IDF in the eastern Gaza Strip.
The Islamic Jihad's military wing, Al-QudsBrigades, claimed its people fired two mortars at IDF forces which crossed the fence, causing the tanks to fire shells back at them. According to the Islamic Jihad, three of their men were injured, one was severely injured.
Last Saturday, a rocket landed in an open area in the Eshkol Regional Council. No alarm was sounded. There were no reports of injuries or damage.

Tova Dadon contributed to this report

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