This isn't a huge impact story in that no Israelis were injured in the latest rocket attacks from Gaza but it is important to note that there were 2 Qassam rockets fired into southern Israel as well as a mortar round. This just might mean a buildup to more attacks and possibly even the heavy sustained activity that we saw a couple of months ago. Here's the short story on it out of YNET here:
This is typically a game of cat and mouse between Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Israel - the goons from Gaza will keep increasing the rocket attacks until they see some action taken by Israel while the terrorists gauge how IDF troops react to each firing, the time it takes to see movement of IDF, etc.
I've said all along that this has been part of a larger strategy by Hamas to make the attacks a constant occurence - this accomplishes two things: 1. It will dull the reactions to it by Israel and 2. It will desensitize the world as to Hamas' aggression towards Israel.
Let's face it, if the morning headlines every single day mention a few Qassam rockets landing in Israel, at some point in time, the world won't even notice it and if one Israeli is killed fairly frequently, that will happen as well. There is only one way to stop these attacks consistently over a long period of time and that is for Israel to take out some mid-level and top leadership of Hamas.
2 Qassam rockets, 1 mortar shell fired towards Israel, no injuries
Two Qassam rockets were fired from northern Gaza towards Israel early Thursday morning. One rocket landed near a kibbutz south of Ashkelon and the second landed near a kibbutz in the Sha’ar Hanegev Regional Council.
The mortar shell landed near the Nahal Oz area. No injuries or damage were reported in any of the incidents.
This is typically a game of cat and mouse between Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Israel - the goons from Gaza will keep increasing the rocket attacks until they see some action taken by Israel while the terrorists gauge how IDF troops react to each firing, the time it takes to see movement of IDF, etc.
I've said all along that this has been part of a larger strategy by Hamas to make the attacks a constant occurence - this accomplishes two things: 1. It will dull the reactions to it by Israel and 2. It will desensitize the world as to Hamas' aggression towards Israel.
Let's face it, if the morning headlines every single day mention a few Qassam rockets landing in Israel, at some point in time, the world won't even notice it and if one Israeli is killed fairly frequently, that will happen as well. There is only one way to stop these attacks consistently over a long period of time and that is for Israel to take out some mid-level and top leadership of Hamas.
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