Smoke trails after rocket attacks from Gaza (Photo: Reuters)
Gaza-based terrorists fired three grad missiles into Israeli territory Wednesday night shortly before midnight. The missiles hit the densely populated coastal city of Ashdod as well as the neighboring town of Bnei Aish. No injuries were reported, but several people are being treated for shock.
Sirens were heard in Yavne, Gadera, Rehovot, Nes Ziona and Ashdod. This was first time that air raid sirens were activated in Rehovot and Nes Ziona due to a rocket attack.
A woman who was visiting Rehovot at the time of the attack told The Jerusalem Post, “I was preparing to go to sleep when I hear the rising and falling siren. I heard neighbors coming out of their homes in the building, and asked them what to do. I was told to go to leave the apartment and go down one floor, as I was on the top floor. People were calm.”
Earlier Wednesday night, an IDF vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb while patrolling outside the major Jewish settlement of Efrat. The Israeli Air Force responded to Wednesday night’s attacks by hitting three known terrorist centers in Gaza as well as a weapons storage facility.
Wednesday night’s assault against Ashdod and Bnei Aish were the first attacks to emanate from Gaza since the release of Gilad Shalit last week. Clearly the notion that Hamas would show some goodwill, for even a brief period of time, as a result of the prisoner exchange deal in which Israel released over 1,000 Hamas prisoners is far-fetched.
What do you think?
9:14 pm
Israel can try to appease the hostility but it will not work. Islamists that are radical adhere to the doctrine of demons. Politically incorrect yes spiritually incorrect emphatically no! God reigns!
9:04 pm
I too feel sad for Israel ,I know they have tried to make peace at their own expense,God will defend her and destroy those who divide the land God gave His people.Amen
1:16 pm
i am very sad to hear that after such a big mass of prisoner swaps yet another hostility; towards the country, Israel-the most peace-starved country on this planet.
sad i am for sure but not surprised
11:19 am
it’s a crying shame Israel has to live this way…God bless them! Please keep ur protective eye on her!!