Israel Fulfilling its Threat for Hamas Failure to Stop Kassam Firings!
June 17, 2006
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As I have mentioned in several previous Blogs, Israel has repeatedly warned the Hamas government that if the Kassam launches out of the Gaza Strip did not cease, it would begin to hit the Strip with increasing intensity, perhaps leveling the homes of the Hamas leaders.
Israel is well aware the launchings have been primarily staged by the Islamic Jihad and Aksa Martyrs Brigades, but they also know Hamas is providing them with the equipment to do so. So, the IAF has stepped up its attacks on the launchers themselves, with the promise that if they do not cease, Hamas leaders will also be targeted.
Unfortunately, Middle East mentality, to a great degree, understands only how to respond to brute superior force. If Israel pours it on to new levels of intensity in air strikes, I believe all four of the maj or terr
or groups involved directly, or indirectly in the activity, will eventually cease the launchings.
The Report extracted from the Jerusalem Post, which follows, makes it clear that the heat is on the terror groups by the IAF until they stop the Kassam launchings.
Begin Jerusalem Post Article
Islamic Jihad leader killed in IAF strike in northern Gaza
JPost.com Staff and Associated Press, THE JERUSALEM POST
June 17, 2006
The IAF killed two Islamic Jihad operatives wanted for launching Kassam rockets at Israel.
A third person was wounded in the attack in northern Gaza on Friday night.
Palestinian sources revealed that one of the dead was Imad Yassin, commander of the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad in Gaza.
The IDF stated that the cell was responsible for the Kassam rockets that have been launched at Sderot in recent days, including ones targeted at the home of Defense Minister Amir Peretz, Army Radio reported.
Earlier in the day, MK Avigdor Lieberman (Israel Beiteinu) suggested that Israel level the homes of Hamas leaders in response to the continued launching of Kassam rockets from the Gaza Strip.
He made the suggestion while visit ing Sderot residents who have launched a hunger strike before the home of the defense m
inister in protest of the wave of rockets that have been fired at their city, especially in the last two weeks.
The army noted that in the past week alone, more than 140 such rockets were fired
into Israel from Gaza.
Meanwhile, Justice Minister Haim Ramon insisted that there were no “absolute solutions to Kassam launches,” still, he said, “Israel would use means that have never been used before to face the threat,” Army Radio reported.
On Friday, the wave of Kassams that have been launched at Israel continued, with seven more rockets by midday. One of the missiles hit a greenhouse near the southern town of Netivot shortly before the workers employed at the place arrived. Another rocket failed to clear the Gaza Strip and landed among the ruins of the former settlement of Dugit.
During the night, the IDF thwarted a launch attempt, when it identified and fired at a terrorist cell preparing to fire a rocket. No one was wounded by any of the rockets launched in the last 24 hours.
On Thursday, one person was lightly wounded when a Kassam rocket struck a factory in Sderot.
End Jerusalem Post Article
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