Haaretz reports that nine people were injured, and that Hamas fired seventy rockets. CAIR-linked Hamas routinely targets Israeli civilians, after which the UN condemns…Israel.
“Dozens of rockets fired at south; IDF strikes 12 Hamas targets in Gaza,” by Judah Ari Gross, Times of Israel, August 8, 2018:
Dozens of rockets and mortar shells were fired at southern Israeli communities from the Gaza Strip on Wednesday night, including one barrage that slammed into the city of Sderot, injuring several Israelis, prompting the Israeli Air Force to bomb 12 Hamas positions across the Gaza Strip, the military said.
Wave after wave of rocket attacks set off sirens throughout the night in the Hof Ashkelon, Sha’ar Hanegev, Sdot Negev and Eshkol regions, outside Gaza, sending thousands of Israelis into bomb shelters, where many bedded down with their families.
One rocket or shrapnel from an Iron Dome interceptor damaged a home in Sderot late Wednesday. Two rockets slammed into the city earlier in the day, injuring at least two people.
According to reports, at least 50 projectiles were fired at southern Israel as of midnight Wednesday, including the eight that were launched at Sderot. An official count from the IDF put the tally at 36 missiles as of 10:15 p.m.
At least four rockets were intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense system, the army said.
“The majority of the rockets hit open areas,” the IDF said in a statement.
Spokespeople for the Eshkol and Sha’ar Hanegev regions said no rockets or mortar shells appeared to have struck inside any of their communities, though several were found in the fields outside their gates.
The Israel Defense Forces said its warplanes conducted airstrikes on 12 “terror targets” in the Gaza Strip in response to the rockets and an earlier shooting attack on a civilian construction vehicle near the border.
According to the military, among the Hamas positions bombed by the fighter jets was a factory where the terror groups constructs the concrete blocks it uses for attack tunnels and a fully operational tunnel opening near the Gaza coast belonging to Hamas’s naval commando unit.
In addition, a number of Hamas facilities used to manufacture and store rockets and other military equipment were hit in the strikes, the IDF said….
Rarely says
I guess Hamas hasn’t moved all their rocket making factories to school and daycare centers yet.
mortimer says
CAIR is a FRONT for the same people who send the rockets with charity money sent from Europe and the Americas.
It’s time to stop funding this war through charitable donations.
We should stop sending cash to Muslim countries because they use it against us.
Mike says
I guess Hammas is looking to get punched in the teeth AGAIN
Iron Eagle says
Wheres the UN condemning this?! Oh that’s right they only say something when Israel retaliates!
Wellington says
Never ending. Will be as long as the worst religion of all time is around. Reminded here of what four-time Prime Minister of the UK, William Gladstone, asserted in Parliament while holding up a copy of the Koran, to wit, that there will never be peace in this world as long as this book is still around (and believed in).
Islam: The greatest curse to humanity over the longest period of time in man’s history. Herein lies its true legacy.
Natalie says
One of the injured has died. If Israel doesnt bomb the shit out of them now and finish it, it will just get worse
gravenimage says
Terrible, Natalie. Thank you for the grim update.
Ernie says
Wounding , murdering and maiming muslim terrorists will never learn from experience . They must be “neutralized” . Israeli officials and Hamas leadership are talking . Talking only benefits the terrorists .
R Russell says
It must be about time for the world to shout out that Israel has used excessive force.
(can anyone tell me how to get JW to keep my email address and name like it used to do before the the crash?)
gravenimage says
R Russell, this is still a problem for most or all of us. It certainly is with me.
James Lincoln says
Hamas fires 70 rockets at Israeli civilians, IDF attacks 12 Hamas targets in Gaza.
Palestinian terrorists fit the definition of insanity: doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
Or maybe, for some strange reason that I cannot understand, they want the same results…
Halal Bacon says
how is the left gonna spin this? blame the Jews for falling on their fireworks?
David, Thailand says
Fortress Fruitcake doesn’t work. Nobody has ever won a conflict by cowering behind walls and covering themselves with a missile umbrella.
Either take out the enemy before they launch the missiles or within seconds after, regardless of human shields, or stop whining and accept Israeli casualties in the name of democratic politeness.
Israel will in any case be blamed by the international community, so grow a spine and protect your people!
Buraq says
“The Times of Israel” is now reporting that 150 rockets have been fired at civilian centers. But Hamas is taking a pasting! Also, a male relative of a senior Hamas commander has been fast-tracked to Paradise, apparently.
Israel should hit them 24/7 for a week with no let up! That’d give Hamas something to think about.
gravenimage says
Bless Israel for fighting to protect her people.
Martyman39 says
Quite frankly I couldn’t. They know that Israel would kick the shit out of them. What happened to that Iranian commander who was awaiting his orders to “annihilate” Israel a few weeks ago?
infidel says
This is the SAME NEVER ENDING NIGHTMARE that India faces in the form of Pakistan and Bangladesh..
gravenimage says
Grimly true.
Buraq says
Not so much as a mention yet in “The Independent” nearly 18 hours after Hamas’ rocket assault on Israeli civilians. The fascist-left gives away its Jew-hating position without a hint of shame! Clowns!
g. says
Update. Ioo rockets since midnight.
https://www.ynetnews.com/home/0,7340,L-3083,00.html