Three rockets fired from Gaza strike Ashkelon region

[oberliner]

Three rockets fired from the Gaza Strip exploded in open areas in the Ashkelon region on Monday.

Two of the rockets landed in in Ashkelon's southern industrial zone and a third landed in the Ashkelon Beach regional council.

Earlier on Monday, the Israel Air Force bombed two sites in the Gaza Strip in what was described as retaliation against a rise in rocket and mortar attacks by Palestinian militants from the coastal enclave.

The nighttime airstrikes targeted "terrorist sites" in the north and south of the Gaza Strip, the military said.

Since Friday evening, three rockets and five mortar shells have landed in southern Israel near Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces said.

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/three-rockets-fired-from-gaza-strike-ashkelon-region-1.336250

[azurnoir]

1. so in your opinion

would Israel be entitled to another major military operation to stop the rockets?

apparently it was a busy 3 days for militant groups in Gaza this happened sometime yesterday, but thanks for keeping us informed, at least of the wrongs committed by Palestinians

[oberliner]

2. Is the Iron Dome ready yet?

Maybe that would protect Israel from these kinds of attacks.

[azurnoir]

3. not that I know of

Congress has OKed the money, last I heard, do you believe that will be enough?

[azurnoir]

4. Israel reconsiders deployment of rocket protection system near Gaza border

In light of harsh criticism from the Israeli public, Israel's defense establishment has announced that it may reconsider its policy regarding the Iron Dome missile defense system, created by Israel to counter rockets from Gaza. A final decision regarding whether the Israel Defense Forces will station two batteries in the Negev will be made public in the near future.
This past February Haaretz reported that the IDF said it had no intention of permanently deploying the Iron Dome system to protect the southern Israel city of Sderot against rocket attacks, causing uproar throughout the country.
The IDF stated that it planned to leave the Iron Dome batteries on a Southern air force base and would only use the missile defense system in the event of intense escalation. This went against initial IDF commitments, promising to use the system to protect Sderot residents from incoming

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/israel-reconsiders-deployment-of-rocket-protection-system-near-gaza-border-1.336410


the article also says that Congress has not yet OKed the funds

[ProgressiveProfessor]

5. What did we hear about a ceasefire by Hamas?

[azurnoir]

6. no you did not or perhaps you 'misinterpeted' the article

perhaps you should go back and reread it

here is the link so it is not too difficult

http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=202907

jpost has altered the title slightly

[CJvR]

7. Hamas in the same seat as Fatah.

Someone blast Israel, the IDF retaliates, the people blames the ones in charge for the mess - Hamas.
Just like Hamas used to do when they were not in charge, will be interesting to see if Hamas will be ruthless enough to take out all non-affiliated terrorist cells.

[azurnoir]

8. a bit lopsided Israel rarely if ever owns up to what it's 'settlers' do in the OPT n/t

[hayu_lol]

9. Haven't heard of any settlers...

firing random missles/mortars into Gaza or WB have you?

[Donald Ian Rankin]

10. Guess you haven't heard of "Operation Cast Lead"?

Although to be fair that was mostly Israelis from Israel, not just settlers.

[hayu_lol]

11. And what promulgated 'cast lead'?

There is a cease fire in effect in an ongoing war against each other(I/P). The rockets and mortars being fired on Israel violate that cease fire. HAMAS has finally made noises about stopping the random firing but obviously only told the west and not the pollyglot band of miscreants, dressed as usual as non-combatants, who are continuing and even increasing their rates of fire.

HAMAS claims they don't want a war. Their words do not mean much do they? Wonder what it is about the term 'cease fire' the Palestinians do not understand? They don't seem to understand the term 'buffer zone' either.

Here in the US, we used the 'settler' system to eventually control the land mass coast to coast. It seems to have been used by every power since time began when we diverged from the great apes some 8 million years ago. The paranoia experienced by the now defunct Soviet Union led them to believe in a 'buffer zone'. How is that different from the Israeli buffer zones?

HAMAS is literally playing with fire and knows it. Nevertheless, they run in circles, scream and shout, and continue to violate the terms of the cease fire.

[CJvR]

12. Slight difference.

Cast Lead wasn't carried out by Israeli irregulars of questionable affiliation but by the IDF and the state of Israel itself.

[azurnoir]

13. another 'slight' difference Palestinians are not allowed a regular military

there for any action taken by Palestinians against anyone is by definition terrorism even if politically convenient it is against other Palestinians