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Duckhunter935

(16,974 posts)
80. so is firing rockets and morters at civilians
Sat Jul 5, 2014, 04:12 PM
Jul 2014

I think both side need to stop the retribution on the other. Any excuse and it starts all over again.

January

In January, Palestinian Militants launched 22 rockets and four mortar shell at Israel in 19 separate attacks. Two of the rockets were launched from Sinai.[6][7]
This section is incomplete. (March 2014)

January 13

Two rockets were launched to the Northern Negev desert, near Sderot. There were no injuries or damage reported[8]

January 16

At 2am, five rockets were fired into Israel. The Iron Dome eliminated all rockets, as they would have hit Ashkelon. No injuries or damage were reported.[8]

January 30

A rocket exploded in a non-inhabited area of Sdot Negeb Regional Council. No injuries or damage were reported.[9]

January 31

From the Sinai Peninsula a rocket was launched towards Eilat. The Iron Dome intercepted the rocket. The radical Salafi organization Ansar Bait al-Maqdis took responsibility for the launch.[10]
February

In February, Palestinian Militants launched nine rockets at Israel in seven separate attacks.[7]
This section is incomplete. (March 2014)

February 6

A Color Red siren alerting residents of a rocket launch from Gaza has been sounded in Ashkelon, followed by an explosion.[11]

A further rocket launched from the Gaza Strip exploded in the Eshkol Regional Council. No injuries or damage were reported.[12]

February 8

A red alert siren sounded in Sha'ar Hanegev and Sdot Negev Regional Councils. A rocket hit an open area in Sha'ar HaNegev. No injuries or damages were reported.[13]

February 10

Palestinians fired a rocket into the Ashkelon Coast Regional Council, triggering sirens. After nightfall, a second rocket was launched into the same area. No injuries or damage were reported. Israel responded with an air strike on an underground rocket launcher in the central Gaza Strip.[14][15]

February 14

In the evening, Palestinian Militants launched two rockets into Israel. One landed in the Ashkelon Coast Regional Council, the other in the Eshkol Regional Council. No injuries or damage were reported.[16]
March

In March, Palestinians launched 65 rockets and mortar shell, in 23 attacks.[17]

March 1

In the night on Mount Hermon were heard loud blasts. The IDF checked the area and found the remains of two rockets near an IDF outpost. No injuries or damage were reported.[18]

March 3

Mosaab Zaaneen, a 25-year-old militant from Palestinian Islamic Jihad, was killed in an Israeli air strike as he was attempting to launch rockets from Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip. The Israel Defense Forces stated that the strike "was carried out in order to eliminate an imminent attack targeting civilian communities of southern Israel".[19]

March 5

Palestinians fired a rocket towards the Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council, triggering sirens in local communities. The projectile landed within the Gaza Strip. Later, after nightfall, a second rocket was fired at Sderot. No injuries or damage were reported in either attack.[20]

March 11

After nightfall, Palestinians fired a rocket into the Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council. The projectile landed in an open area, causing no injuries or damage.[21]

March 12–14

Palestinian Islamic Jihad Militants fired at least 60 rockets at Israeli cities and towns, in the heaviest barrage since 2012. No direct injuries were reported, but a 57-year-old woman was lightly injured while taking cover in Sderot. At least eight rockets fell within communities, with one exploding near a gas station and another near a public library. Explosions rocked the cities of Sderot and Netivot, and sirens sounded as far away as Beersheba.[22][23]
April
This section is incomplete. (April 2014)

In April, There were 19 rockets and 5 motar shell in 14 attacks towards Israel.[24]

April 1

Residents heard massive detonations. Three rockets were fired at Eilat, which were intercepted by the Iron Dome.[25]

April 3

The "Code Red" siren was heard 3 times in a row in the evening. No rocket landing were identified, therefore the rockets came down within Gaza.[26]

April 4

In the Hof Ashkelon Regional Council a rocket exploded in the open area, close to the border fence. No injuries or damage were reported.[27]

April 5

Militants in Gaza fired a rocket into Israel. No injuries or damage were reported.[28]

April 6

In the Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council, near a kibbuz, was heard an explosion of a mortar shell. No red alert siren sounded before. No one was hurt, no damage reported.[29]

April 7

A mortar shell launched from Syria landed in the border fence area in the center of the Golan Heights. There were no reports of casualties or material damage. The mortar shell was not intended to hit Israel, but rather an unintended consequence from the Syrian Civil War. [30]

April 9

In the early afternoon a Color Red siren alerting residents of a rocket launch from Gaza has been sounded in Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. The rocket came down within the Gaza strip.[31] Later in the evening a mortar rocket hit a kibbutz in the Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council. It caused material damage, but no one was injured. No Red Siren sounded prior to the rockets landing.[32]

April 13

Very early in the morning a mortar shell exploded close to the security fence in the open field, prior to a "red alert".[33] In the late night two more mortars were launched targeting Israeli soldiers, operating at the security fence in the Southern Gaza area. No one got injured.[34]

April 16

In the night, Militants launched several rockets at Southern Israel. No injuries or damage were reported.[35]

April 21

Militants in Gaza fired seven rockets into Israel during the last day of the Passover holiday. The first three projectiles struck uninhabited areas in the Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council, activating "Code Red" sirens. No damage was reported in the attack. Another two rockets caused light damage in Sderot. Israel responded by striking three terrorist targets in the Gaza Strip.[36]

April 23

3 rockets were fired from Gaza at the Hof Ashkelon and Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Councils, after rocket alert sirens sounded. No injuries were reported.[37]

April 24

A mortar shell exploded near the fence in Southern Gaza.[38] Later in the day explosive device explodes near IDF force at the Northern Gaza border.[39] No injuries or damage were reported
May

Throughout May 4 rockets and 3 motar shell were launched from Gaza in 5 attacks towards Israel.[40]

May 1

A rocket hit an open area in Eshkol. No one war hurt, no damage was reported.[41]

May 21

Lots of mortar shells were fired at IDF forces on the Gaza boarder. No injuries, damages in attack.[42]

May 23

A rocket exploded in open field in Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council. No reports of damages or injuries.[43]

May 31

In the Golan heights' area sirens were heard in several towns followed by explosions. It was assumed, that these rockets were not targeted to Israel but a result of the Syrian Civil War.[44]
June
Burning factory in Sderot, which was hit by a rocket from Gaza on June 28

June 11

A rocket fired from Gaza narrowly missed a main artery in southern Israel as it landed in a nearby dirt field without causing any injuries.[45]

June 14

2 of 3 rockets fired from Gaza fell in the Hof Ashkelon regional council in the afternoon. No injuries or damage were reported.[46]

June 15

In Ashkelon a series of explosions were heard in the evening. 4 rockets were fired from Gaza, 2 of them were intercepted by the Iron Dome. Fragments of the rockets fell across the city. There were no reports of injuries or material damages.[47]

June 16

A rocket from Gaza landed in an open area in the Ashkelon area. No damage or injuries.[48] This year Palestinians fired more than 500 firebombs, rockets and mortars.[49]

June 18

2 rockets fired from Gaza hit into a Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council community and caused light damage to a structure.[50]

June 19

In the evening a rocket was fired from Gaza. It struck an open field near Sderot.[51] Later again a rocket was fired at the city of Ashkelon. It was successfully intercepted by Iron Dome.[52]

June 20

A Color Red siren alerting residents of a rocket launch from Gaza has been sounded in the Hof Ashkelon area, but the rocket didn't make it outside of the Gaza strip.[53]

June 21

Gaza Militants fired a rocket into direction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council in southern Israel. No injuries, but damage caused to a road in Hof Ashkelon. In the evening three rockets were fired at the Sdot Negev and Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Councils. All rockets exploded in the open area. No damages or injuries were reported.[54]

June 24

In the early evening Gaza Militants fired several rockets into Southern Israel. Two of the rockets were intercepted by the Iron Dome Missile Defense System, as the rockets would have hit inhabited areas. Targets have been Ashkelon and Sha’ar Hanegev Regional Council.[55] Again a rocket landed in the South, in the Sdot Negev Regional Council. There were light damage, but no injuries were reported.[56]

June 27

In the morning a mortar shell exploded near the border fence between Gaza and Israel. No one was hurt. A military vehicle operating in the area was lightly damaged.[57] In the evening 6 rockets were launched from the Gaza strip. Sirens were heard in many areas to warn for incoming fire. 4 rockets fell in the open field. 2 were intercepted by the Iron Dome anti-missile system, as these rockets would have landed in populated areas of Ashekelon.[58]

June 28

In the evening several rockets were fired from the Gaza strip. 2 rockets struck an industrial factory in Sderot, causing a fire. No one was hurt from any of the rockets, but the factory was burned to the ground. All other rockets exploded in the open area in Sdot Negev.[59]

June 29

4 rockets were fired from Gaza into the South of Israel in the evening. 2 were intercepted by the Iron Dome. 2 fell in open area near the border fence. Simultaneously a Palestinian opened fire at soldiers near the security fence.[60]

June 30

All night the "Code Red" siren was heard. 16 rockets were launched from Gaza in the early morning hours. Most of the rockets landed in open areas of the Eshkol Regional Council region. Some went down in the Sedot Negev Regional Council community. 1 of them causing light damage to a home. No human was hurt.[61]
July

July 1

In the late night Gaza terrorists fired a rocket at Israel. The rocket landed in the open field in the Eshkol Regional Council. No injuries or damage are reported.[62] In the morning 4 more rockets were fired. One fell in an open area in Sdot Negev. Another caused damage to several vehicles in the Eshkol Regional Council. A third rocket exploded in the area Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. No injuries were reported[63] The fourth rocket caused a fire near a packaging factory in Eshkol. Though it looked like the fire were turned off, it has spread. Firefighting planes and additional squads try to stop the flames. So far no injuries are reported.[64] In the evening a salvo of mortar shells was launched at the Eshkol Regional Council area. No red alert in advance, but Explosions were heard. Security forces are inspecting the area. No reports of inuries or damages.[65]

July 2

Short after midnight two mortar shells exploded in open areas in the Eshkol Regional Council. No damage or injuries are reported.[66] In the afternoon three mortar shells were fired at the same region. All exploded in open fields. No injuries or damage reported.[67] Again four mortar shells were fired in the Eshkol Regional Council. No one was hurt, no damage reported.[68] In the evening code red alaram was heard in the Ashkelon area. One rocket was intercepted by the Iron Dome Missile Defense System, one exploded in open field.[69] Red alert siren blared in the Eshkol and Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Councils.[70] Minutes after 2 rockets landed in open areas around.[71] Five rocktes were launched on the Sdot Negev Regional Council, three were launched towards Ofakim. One was shot down by Iron Dome, the others hit open fields. No damages ore injuries were reported.[72] A rocket was fired on Eshkol Regional Council. No damages, no injuries.[73]

July 3

1 hour past midnight the colour red siren is heard in Sderot and Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council.[74] One rocket exploded in Sderot. None was hurt, but structures got damaged.[75] In the night and morning more than 10 rockets were fired at Southern Israel. Four of them hit homes in Sderot. One of the was a summer camp, but the rocket failed to explode, no one was injured.[76] In the early afternoon a rocket from Gaza exploded near Sderot's industrial area. No injuries or damages were reported. Another one fell in an open area near Ofakim.[77] Code Red sirens alerting residents of rocket launches from Gaza has been sounded in Sderot and the Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council in the evening[78]and later again in Sderot and the Eshkol Regional Council[79]

July 4

This morning three rockets were fired at Sderot. Iron Dome intercepted one rocket, that would have hit the city. no injuries or damage were reported.[80] Around noon two mortar shells fired from the Gaza Strip exploded near a community in the Eshkol Regional Council. No injuries or damages were reported.[81] In the afternoon a rocket from Gaza came down just on the Israeli side of the border fence, aimed at IDF forced.[82] Not long afterwards two rockets were intercepted by the Iron Dome, which would have it Ofakim. Another one fell in the open field around. Several mortar rounds were also fired towards Keren Shalom, but only one fell in Israeli territory.[83] A rocket was fired into the Eshkol Regional Council, it came down near the border fence.[84] Another rocket fell in an open area.[85] Five more rockets hit open fields in Eshkol.[86] Another rocket hit Israel in the open area of Sderot. 25 rockets hit Israel today.[87]

July 5

In the morning a rocket launched from Gaza exploded in the open field in the Eshkol Regional Council. No injuries were reported.[88]


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel,_2014

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Settlers. n/t Comrade Grumpy Jul 2014 #1
First story I saw on TV news when I turned on the set today aint_no_life_nowhere Jul 2014 #2
And now the Palestinians will go after some more Israeli's yeoman6987 Jul 2014 #3
What a real and totally assured peace would take is for truedelphi Jul 2014 #28
The israeli settlers are religious fanatics: DetlefK Jul 2014 #40
Both sides have them Duckhunter935 Jul 2014 #47
As an aside, the Hutu and Tutsi have been going at it at least 1500 years. AngryAmish Jul 2014 #60
heh. heh. truedelphi Jul 2014 #100
The two Bush clowns and Cheney = War Criminals warrant46 Jul 2014 #103
you gotta admit the Bantu migration is one of the big events in human history AngryAmish Jul 2014 #105
And the Hutu and Tutsi are both Bantu Scootaloo Jul 2014 #114
Tutsi probably differ genetically from Hutu AngryAmish Jul 2014 #124
You could likely get the same result by examining two groups of Tutsis, or Hutus Scootaloo Jul 2014 #131
Thanks for shedding some light on the situation. truedelphi Jul 2014 #133
There is no objective analysis of Rwanda without a malaise Jul 2014 #127
Leopold Who? would be most people's rsponses. truedelphi Jul 2014 #135
Leopold was a monster malaise Jul 2014 #136
Not just the CIA malaise Jul 2014 #125
That is very true. truedelphi Jul 2014 #134
I don't know what it is going to take. AlbertCat Jul 2014 #29
The best remedy yet n/t cactusfractal Jul 2014 #34
Not sure about it being the remedy defacto7 Jul 2014 #52
We could start-- yellowwoodII Jul 2014 #58
And a few hundred generations... User_Friendly Jul 2014 #81
Why not!!!! onecent Jul 2014 #82
many Jews and Gays were treated Badly under the Soviet Union JI7 Jul 2014 #96
The Soviet Union had a god, his name was Josef Stalin Scootaloo Jul 2014 #99
ethnicity, nationality also contribute to things like this JI7 Jul 2014 #118
ethnicity, nationality AlbertCat Jul 2014 #130
The atheistic regimes of Stalin and Mao were notably peaceful gratuitous Jul 2014 #123
atheistic regimes of Stalin and Mao AlbertCat Jul 2014 #129
Ah, I see gratuitous Jul 2014 #138
Not true Scotsmen, then. AlbertCat Jul 2014 #139
Search me gratuitous Jul 2014 #140
lumping all people of faith together. AlbertCat Jul 2014 #141
But the payback won't be equal yellowwoodII Jul 2014 #51
And so many of those war materials were recently provided, at a time truedelphi Jul 2014 #137
bad enough Duckhunter935 Jul 2014 #4
It's not rumor alsame Jul 2014 #7
I know that is very true Duckhunter935 Jul 2014 #10
That was on the news n/t malaise Jul 2014 #12
link please Duckhunter935 Jul 2014 #13
Why is it so hard for you to believe liberalhistorian Jul 2014 #18
And you would be wrong Duckhunter935 Jul 2014 #19
The autopsy shows it's NOT a "rumor". "Posting non-facts" ... WTF? nt ChisolmTrailDem Jul 2014 #20
they found gasoline in his stomach? Duckhunter935 Jul 2014 #21
Really? You object to whether or not he had gas in his stomach as he was set on fire? jeff47 Jul 2014 #22
I object at posting rumors Duckhunter935 Jul 2014 #24
This message was self-deleted by its author Ed Suspicious Jul 2014 #35
I have, Mohammed Abu Khdeir was burned alive Duckhunter935 Jul 2014 #36
This message was self-deleted by its author Ed Suspicious Jul 2014 #37
Gosh, that makes all the difference, doesn't it? hatrack Jul 2014 #71
As I have said that all along Duckhunter935 Jul 2014 #75
or when the Israeli boys were murdered Duckhunter935 Jul 2014 #38
Simon Everitt, 17 ????? Duckhunter935 Jul 2014 #41
You are right. I grabbed the wrong link. Deleting. Sorry, I made a mistake. Ed Suspicious Jul 2014 #45
We all do it Duckhunter935 Jul 2014 #46
I don't know the source, but here is a link. Ed Suspicious Jul 2014 #50
thanks for the link Duckhunter935 Jul 2014 #54
It's not about you. H2O Man Jul 2014 #42
who said it was? Duckhunter935 Jul 2014 #43
Read you contributions H2O Man Jul 2014 #53
Thank you Duckhunter935 Jul 2014 #61
I am female and I did not embellish anything malaise Jul 2014 #65
If I called you a male Duckhunter935 Jul 2014 #67
I condemn all murder malaise Jul 2014 #68
That is good Duckhunter935 Jul 2014 #77
OMG..our media IS NOT RELIABLE... onecent Jul 2014 #83
Your response should have been "sorry, I didn't realize it was news" LittleBlue Jul 2014 #25
wrong about what? Duckhunter935 Jul 2014 #26
Its news, I agree. Duckhunter935 Jul 2014 #27
This message was self-deleted by its author Ed Suspicious Jul 2014 #39
Barbaric behavior. It's shameful what the Palestinians have to deal with. President Carter is quinnox Jul 2014 #5
+1,000 malaise Jul 2014 #6
Agreed. nt abelenkpe Jul 2014 #14
This is why I despise both sides in this mess Warpy Jul 2014 #8
agreed Duckhunter935 Jul 2014 #11
there you go again criticing the family values of the religion crowd. :-) nt msongs Jul 2014 #15
Living in conflict over land seems to do that to people. Spider Jerusalem Jul 2014 #16
+ 1 nt riderinthestorm Jul 2014 #23
... MoonRiver Jul 2014 #9
There will never peace in the Middle East Tetris_Iguana Jul 2014 #30
Or until all sides jettison the Psychopathic Sky-God bullshit, whatever the flavor . . . hatrack Jul 2014 #74
Sorry to say Duckhunter935 Jul 2014 #78
That would certainly help. Tetris_Iguana Jul 2014 #92
"Will that region ever see peace"? Scootaloo Jul 2014 #44
Excellent post malaise Jul 2014 #55
+2 nomorenomore08 Jul 2014 #112
Humans are less than animals tabasco Jul 2014 #17
We probably will go extinct at some point and then the earth can begin to heal. totodeinhere Jul 2014 #31
Not all of us are depraved malaise Jul 2014 #64
Ya know what they say MattBaggins Jul 2014 #142
I've never heard "them" say that. tabasco Jul 2014 #143
Did you also start an OP about the three Israeli teenagers who were abducted and brutally totodeinhere Jul 2014 #32
somehow I doubt it nt Duckhunter935 Jul 2014 #49
Plenty of others did. Were you away from DU? Try the search function. n/t Scootaloo Jul 2014 #59
I was asking the OP if he or she started an OP about the dead Israelis. I am aware that totodeinhere Jul 2014 #87
Did you demand those threads talk about the two Palestinian kids killed at Beitunia? Scootaloo Jul 2014 #93
You asked me a question and then before I could answer you answered it for me. totodeinhere Jul 2014 #95
Your only participation on this thread is to wag your finger at the OP Scootaloo Jul 2014 #98
You nailed him! BillZBubb Jul 2014 #104
Why are you bringing up yet a different case? WinkyDink Jul 2014 #106
To illustrate the point for the benefit of totodeinhere Scootaloo Jul 2014 #107
Very well said malaise Jul 2014 #120
Because it somehow makes his horrible death ever-so-slightly less horrible? nomorenomore08 Jul 2014 #113
This message was self-deleted by its author lostincalifornia Jul 2014 #63
I think you are correct Duckhunter935 Jul 2014 #66
a person? reddread Jul 2014 #110
This message was self-deleted by its author lostincalifornia Jul 2014 #111
I certainly did reddread Jul 2014 #115
Do we have autopsy results on their horrific murders? malaise Jul 2014 #69
The bodies were found but I don't know if there was an autopsy or not. But are you totodeinhere Jul 2014 #85
I started an OP based on the release of an autopsy malaise Jul 2014 #88
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind! tonybgood Jul 2014 #33
Recommended. H2O Man Jul 2014 #48
Thanks for your responses malaise Jul 2014 #128
Jeez. AngryAmish Jul 2014 #56
Yet, we humans like to tell ourselves that we're the pinnacle of the evolutionary scale. Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2014 #57
Has anyone thought about the possibility defacto7 Jul 2014 #62
Truth will out malaise Jul 2014 #73
jeebus....fucking sick people. spanone Jul 2014 #70
Yesterday morning I caught a video clip of Netanyahou Skidmore Jul 2014 #72
What scares me is that one side doesn't need evidence malaise Jul 2014 #76
It scares me that we have equally zealot Skidmore Jul 2014 #79
I was thinking about that malaise Jul 2014 #84
so is firing rockets and morters at civilians Duckhunter935 Jul 2014 #80
Unfortunately collective retribution is par for the course in war. That has always been totodeinhere Jul 2014 #89
I just don't understand how people can be so cruel. :( Little Star Jul 2014 #86
By convincing themselves that "the enemy" is even crueller. WatermelonRat Jul 2014 #90
if that were my son i would have vengence dembotoz Jul 2014 #91
those who take vengeance often have no relation to victims, i think they use it as an excuse JI7 Jul 2014 #94
Barbarism. Rex Jul 2014 #97
A lot more here including this malaise Jul 2014 #119
Humans are cruel. I hate my species. MoonRiver Jul 2014 #101
Isn't that the truth malaise Jul 2014 #102
And I try, but basically feel hopeless, to effect a difference in the outcome. MoonRiver Jul 2014 #108
The only thing that gives me hope is the possibility Jackpine Radical Jul 2014 #109
Being drunk on religion JEB Jul 2014 #116
The Israelis will find the people that applegrove Jul 2014 #117
Oh please. and how about the Israeli cops beating the shit out of an American child cali Jul 2014 #121
Well for a pleasant change the State Department has actually condemned malaise Jul 2014 #122
I didn't say they were saints. But they do have a working democracy. applegrove Jul 2014 #132
Oh Lord, this makes me sick. This needs to stop. Shrike47 Jul 2014 #126
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