A kassam rocket was fired towards Israel today, but didn’t quite make it.
A Qassam rocket was fired Monday afternoon from the northern Gaza Strip towards Israel, but landed on the Palestinian side of the border.
There were no reports of injuries or damage.
Two weeks ago, a rocket landed in Sderot. As always, the “cease-fire” isn’t a cease-fire. It’s a “Let’s fire rockets when we think we can get away with it”-fire.
In other news, although the AP wrote a condescending little piece about Israel implementing a full closure on the terrortories[sic] for the holiday—because terror attack attempts spike during holidays—there does seem to be a need for it.
A young Palestinian was arrested Monday morning on suspicion of planning to carry out a stabbing attack in Jerusalem’s Old City.
Border Guard officers patrolling the area detained the 19-year-old man and found a knife and two suicide notes in his possession. In the notes, the man declared that he plans to be a shahid (martyrs). He was taken in for questioning by the Jerusalem Police.
Why the shutdown?
Ten specific warnings and dozens of general warnings regarding possible attempts by terror groups to carry out attacks over the holiday.
The most concrete threat, according to the security establishment, is a kidnapping attempt by Palestinian organizations in Gaza and the West Bank. The closure is expected to be lifted Wednesday night following a security assessment. During the holiday Palestinians will be permitted to pass through IDF checkpoints only in humanitarian cases and medical emergencies.
From the AP:
Such closures during Jewish holidays are routine, explained as necessary to prevent Palestinian attacks.
“Explained” as necessary. They are necessary. Last year:
A Palestinian terrorist broke into a Jewish settlement in the West Bank on Friday and opened fire in a home where a family was marking the Jewish New Year, murdering a man and a toddler and shattering Israel’s peace and security efforts to maintain calm over the holiday.
The Netanya suidice bombing was named the Passover Massacre because it occurred at a Passover Seder, killing 30 and wounding 140. The Yom Kippur War is known as the Ramadan War in Muslim circles. This is the time of year that Palestinian terrorists try their hardest to murder Jews. It’s not just symbolism, although that’s part of it. It’s Ramadan. Ramadan is the month of jihad.
It’s no surprise that a kassam rocket was fired at Israel today. What’s surprising is that there weren’t more.
20 or so years ago, the US Army developed a ground radar system that can detect artillery, mortar, and rocket fire, feed the data into a fire control computer, and launch an artillery attack on the target without having forward observers. Something the Iraqi’s military discovered much to it’s dismay in the first Gulf War.
It takes about 45 to 60 seconds to respond. Might not get the perps, but you would definitely get the launcher.
Of course, every time you fire a weapon at a Muslim, you end up killing at least a dozen women and children. Amazing, the Mainstream Media, isn’t it? I guess when all you do is lie, it’s hard to detect when someone else is…
That’s all I have to say about that.
Robert
I live in a somewhat-actualy VERY- muslim neighborhood…that seemed to have more police about it than usual today.
Mere coincidence?
If you read The Economist, Meryl, you wouldn’t be so worried. A couple of weeks ago they pooh-poohed Israel for fussing about the truce, since only dozens, rather than hundreds of rockets had hit recently. Also, even if Iran were to get nuclear weapons the Iranians “probably” wouldn’t use them on Israel.