Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Hamas Rockets Hit Deeper Into Israel Than Ever Before


Two rockets from Hamas landed in Israel near the city of Beersheba, and while not causing injury or death, those two rockets represent the furthest any Hamas rocket has ever reached into Israel. Beersheba is approximately 28 miles from Gaza. Here's some of the details from the Breitbart report:


Police say Gaza militants fired two rockets at the Israeli city of Beersheba—reaching deeper into Israel than ever before.
The strike came as Israel's prime minister, defense minister and foreign minister meet in Jerusalem to decide on Israel's next move against Hamas.
Beersheba is located 28 miles from Gaza.
Police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld says the long-range rocket landed in an open area outside the city on Tuesday evening. The mayor of Beersheba has told Israel television that the other rocket hit an empty kindergarten.

This, of course, is pretty disturbing stuff and at the same time, certainly has to weigh into the decisions of Israeli leadership to halt the offensive. Israel simply cannot exist with Hamas gaining these longer range rocket capabilities and although I have been adamant about not having the current Cast Lead Operation reach the point of a land invasion in Gaza, this to me is the last straw.

I feel that the Israelis need to gut Gaza of Hamas and all of these weapons - they probably won't get it completely cleaned out but they need to assure the Israeli people that Hamas does not have this capability any longer. These were rockets that travelled 28 miles...what's next? Do the Israelis wait until the rockets reach 50 miles? Do they wait for missiles to come to Hamas that reach Tel Aviv? The Israelis have already reached a point in world opinion where the worse is over - I think it is time to finish this war.


Palestinian rocket reaches deep into Israel

JERUSALEM (AP) - Police say Gaza militants fired two rockets at the Israeli city of Beersheba—reaching deeper into Israel than ever before.
The strike came as Israel's prime minister, defense minister and foreign minister meet in Jerusalem to decide on Israel's next move against Hamas.
Beersheba is located 28 miles from Gaza.
Police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld says the long-range rocket landed in an open area outside the city on Tuesday evening. The mayor of Beersheba has told Israel television that the other rocket hit an empty kindergarten.
Israel is currently conducting an air offensive to crush Gaza's rulers, militant group Hamas. They have vowed to strike deep into Israel. More than 360 Palestinians and four Israelis have died so far.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

In the last few years the going rate of exchange has been something like 250 pali prisoners for the remains of 1 Israeli soldier, Israel is falling behind the curve.

The only way to stop the rockets is to destroy everything within a 1 mile radius of every launching point in Gaza, and I mean no stone resting on another. I dont want to see gaza as rubble, I want to see it as gravel.

Holger Awakens said...

Shark,

Gravel...i like that idea. A lot.


:Holger Danske