The “crude, homemade rockets” that are launched into Israel on a near-daily basis found a mark: Sleeping soldiers.
More than 25 Israelis soldiers were hospitalized after a Qassam rocket launched from northern Gaza landed on a military base in the western Negev early Tuesday morning. This is the largest number of casualties to date resulting from a single Qassam attack.
Three rockets were launched at around 1:30 am, from the area of the Palestinian town of Beit Hanoun. Two of the rockets landed in open areas, but one landed in the Zikkim base, about 1 kilometer north of the Gaza Strip, next to a tent containing several soldiers from a battalion in basic training.
[…] The tent that sustained the direct hit served as a makeshift meal tent and contained a number of soldiers at the time of impact. Several soldiers in an adjacent sleeping tent were injured from shrapnel and the force of the blast. Despite the rocket threat on the region, it had been decided at the beginning of training that the new recruits would continue sleeping in tents.
Think Olmert will get up off his ass and allow Barak free rein in Gaza now?
I think so.
First the “leaders” have to actually want the state of Israel to survive. Olmert and his crew are more interested in having the title of leader than anything else.
Meryl, in answer to your last question: I hope so.