This Ongoing War..
24 June '13..
It's been a violent night in the southern part of Israel for tens of thousands of families.
Shortly before midnight on Sunday evening, sirens sounded in the areas of Lehavim and Rahat in the Bnei Shimon Regional Council, which adjoins the north of Be'er Sheva, and in the town of Netivot in the northwestern Negev. Residents in Lehavim and Rahat reported hearing the reverberations of explosions. A short time later, Israel Police reported that that a rocket had exploded in an open field in the Rahat area. Following that, shortly after midnight, sirens sounded in the Ashkelon Regional Council, where the Iron Dome battery there intercepted two rockets. [Haaretz]
Fortunately, according to Times of Israel, there are no reports so far of injuries to people or serious damage to property, which offers some additional details about a barrage of (so far) six civilian-seeking rockets fired into Israel.
Four of the rockets exploded in open areas near Netivot and the Bnei Shimon region, west of Beersheba. The Iron Dome system intercepted two of the projectiles, believed to be Grad rockets. Sirens were also heard near the Beduin town of Rahat in the Negev and in the Ashkelon Regional Council. The IDF assessment was that the rockets were launched from the northern Gaza Strip, according to Israel Radio. [Times of Israel]
Why such a massive attack? And why now? A sudden rise in the level of the 'desperation' of the folks living in the "world's largest concentration camp"? Not really.
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