Direct missile hit to Sderot’s Ohalei Sinai Synagogue Thursday night injures 21 Israelis after more than 30 Qassams fired from Gaza
Direct missile hit to Sderot’s Ohalei Sinai Synagogue Thursday night injures 21 Israelis after more than 30 Qassams fired from Gaza
May 18, 2007, 12:36 AM (GMT+02:00)
Earlier, Israel struck back for three-day Palestinian missile offensive with five air attacks on Hamas and Jihad Islami targets in Gaza. Fifteen Palestinians estimated killed. Hamas threatened to renew suicide attacks inside Israel.
The raids destroyed a Hamas military compound, installation and vehicle in Gaza City, hit two Jihad Islamic missile squads at Jebalya and Sufa. Israeli tanks took up “look-out” positions near Sedjaiya. Israeli broadcasts warned civilians to stay away from Palestinian missile-launching sites.
DEBKAfile: The Hamas threat is serious. The Islamist group covertly maintains a sleeper network of suicide bombers on the West Bank awaiting call-up.
More than 30 Qassam missiles were fired during the day, most landing in Sderot; at least three aimed against Ashkelon to the north. Two Israelis were injured when a missile struck a school. Fires started in a Moshav greenhouse and a factory.
More than 70 missiles fired in three days have injured scores of Israelis, some seriously, and caused extensive damage. The government Thursday began evacuating thousands of distressed citizens from Sderot to army holiday facilities.
Hundreds have left with the help of private donors or under their own steam to escape the heaviest missile attack Sderot has sustained in seven years.
Schools and workplaces in Sderot and neighboring Shear Hanegev remained shut Thursday as the town emptied of its 20,000 inhabitants. MK Shay Hermesh, member of the ruling Kadima party, charged that of the 300 million shekels the prime minister pledged for bomb shelters and protected areas in Sderot, only IS 5 m was actually transferred.
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May 18, 2007, 12:36 AM (GMT+02:00)
Earlier, Israel struck back for three-day Palestinian missile offensive with five air attacks on Hamas and Jihad Islami targets in Gaza. Fifteen Palestinians estimated killed. Hamas threatened to renew suicide attacks inside Israel.
The raids destroyed a Hamas military compound, installation and vehicle in Gaza City, hit two Jihad Islamic missile squads at Jebalya and Sufa. Israeli tanks took up “look-out” positions near Sedjaiya. Israeli broadcasts warned civilians to stay away from Palestinian missile-launching sites.
DEBKAfile: The Hamas threat is serious. The Islamist group covertly maintains a sleeper network of suicide bombers on the West Bank awaiting call-up.
More than 30 Qassam missiles were fired during the day, most landing in Sderot; at least three aimed against Ashkelon to the north. Two Israelis were injured when a missile struck a school. Fires started in a Moshav greenhouse and a factory.
More than 70 missiles fired in three days have injured scores of Israelis, some seriously, and caused extensive damage. The government Thursday began evacuating thousands of distressed citizens from Sderot to army holiday facilities.
Hundreds have left with the help of private donors or under their own steam to escape the heaviest missile attack Sderot has sustained in seven years.
Schools and workplaces in Sderot and neighboring Shear Hanegev remained shut Thursday as the town emptied of its 20,000 inhabitants. MK Shay Hermesh, member of the ruling Kadima party, charged that of the 300 million shekels the prime minister pledged for bomb shelters and protected areas in Sderot, only IS 5 m was actually transferred.
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