Archive for July 17, 2011

3 rockets hit western Negev overnight

July 17, 2011

3 rockets hit western Negev overnight – Israel News, Ynetnews.

Qassams fired from Gaza explode within Ashkelon Coast, Shaar Hanegev regional council; no injures or damage reported

Shmulik Hadad

Three Qassam rockets fired from the Gaza Strip on Saturday night hit open areas in the western Negev. There were no reports of injuries or damage.

 

The first rocket exploded at around 1 am within the Ashkelon Coast Regional Council. Two additional Qassams landed in the Shaar Hanegev Regional Council later on.On Friday night, a rocket exploded in an open area within in the Eshkol Regional Council. There were no injuries and no damage was caused in the incident as well.

 

Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lieutenant-General Benny Gantz held an evaluation of the situation on Friday following the rockets fired from Gaza over the past weeks.

 

The army believes Hamasis not preventing other organizations from launching the rockets, and may be trying to test the IDF’s response policy.

 

In the past weeks the army’s policy has been to strike targets in the Strip in response to each rocket fired at Israel, avoiding a large-scale operation for now.

 

Nonetheless, military sources noted that the IDF views Hamas as solely responsible for any terrorist incident and will not hesitate to use harsher measures against the organization if it failed to act against the rocket fire.