Two days of sort-of truce, when there were no kassam rockets fired (Wednesday and Thursday) have ended with a literal bang: The terrorists launched more kassams this morning. Oh, the “sort-of” label? That’s because the pals were trying to kill Israelis all along.
Palestinians fired a Qassam rocket at the Negev on Friday morning, in violation of the Israeli-Palestinian cease-fire in the Gaza Strip. There were no injuries.
As of Friday morning, Palestinian militants have fired 14 rockets at Israel since the cease-fire began Sunday, according to the Israel Defense Forces. Israel has not responded to the rocket fire.
In the West Bank, a Border Policeman was lightly hurt Friday morning by a firebomb hurled at him near the entrance to the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron. Israeli forces returned fire and killed a Palestinian man who they said was the militant who threw the firebomb. The troops later found a knife on his body.
On Thursday, a 16-year-old Palestinian was killed by IDF troops in the West Bank village of Beita, near Nablus.
The soldiers fired on a group of Palestinians who were throwing firebombs and a pipe bomb at them.
Yes, the so-called truce, the one where the IDF eases up on the terrorists, and the terrorists continue to smuggle weapons and materiel into Gaza.
Since Israel and Palestinian militants agreed to a ceasefire five days ago, Palestinians have continued smuggling weapons into the Gaza Strip from neighboring Egypt, including several pieces yesterday, Israeli and Palestinian security officials told WND.
The truce, which went into effect Sunday, called for a halt of smuggling activity by Palestinian groups in Gaza. It also called for a cessation of rocket attacks launched by Palestinian militants in Gaza aiming at nearby Jewish communities in exchange for Israel withdrawing its ground troops from the Strip and halting military activity in the territory.
The IDF is warning against extending the truce. Gee. Can’t imagine why, what with the palestinians pretense being reported by all the major news organizations.
Security officials are expected to advise the cabinet Sunday not to expand the Gaza Strip cease-fire to the West Bank, Israel Radio reported Friday.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who met with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Thursday, expressed her appreciation for the restraint Israel has exercised in recent days in the face of continued rocket fire from the Gaza Strip and said the cease-fire in Gaza needs to be bolstered with further measures.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev told reporters Thursday that Olmert wants to extend the cease-fire to the West Bank once it has proven effective in the Gaza Strip. As of Friday morning, Palestinians have fired 14 Qassam rockets on Israel since the cease-fire went into effect Sunday, according to the Israel Defense Forces.
Someone please explain to me how consistently firing rockets, attacking Israelis, and smuggling weapons is an “effective” truce.
I cannot believe the Israelis do this, time and time again, and the world pressures them to do it, over and over again, no matter how much evidence is presented to the contrary.
Right now, I hate most of the world. Yes, nearly all of it. Okay, only the part of it that hates Israel and Jews.
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The headlines will be something like: Israelis Break Truce.
Isn’t that ‘most of the world’?
Some of the border towns, kibbutzim and moshavim should fabricate rockets of their own and fire back.
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We all know that Jews defending themselves is an act most of the world frowns upon (or in most cases severely condemns).
Besides, Olmert and friends display such weakness that the poor defenseless pals allow themselves to continue acts of violence knowing that there will be no consequence for it.