Hamas rockets move north up to Haifa. Katyushas from Lebanon aimed at Metulla. Israeli artillery returns fire
Debka
Another half a million Israelis came under Hamas rocket attack before dawn Friday, July 11, as Hamas again expanded its rocket radius to the towns between Hadera and Haifa, 150 km north of the Gaza Strip. A woman of 70 collapsed and died running to a shelter when she heard the Haifa siren.
Metullah, Israel’s northernmost town, was alerted early Friday by two Katyusha missiles from Lebanon. One landed between the Galilee town and Kfar Yuval. The sources of the fire are reported by debkafile’s military sources as two Lebanese villages: Ain Arab, in the Hizballah-ruled Beqaa Valley, and Mari near the southern town of Hatsbaya.
The first failed to take off but, because it was launched from a Hizballah stronghold, it is being taken as a possible first omen of Hizballah preparedness to open a second front against Israel to support Hamas – even though their relations have become strained.
Israeli artillery directed return fire from Mt. Dov against the Hizballah village of Kfar Chouba. Lebanese army sources reported that at Mari, another two rockets were found ready for launching against Israel.
The southern Israeli towns of Netivot, Ofakim, Sderot and Shear Hanegev got their first barrage of the day from Hamas. Iron Dome went into action, intercepting two rockets aimed at Sderot, after knocking out 40 of the 170 Hamas fired Thursday.
For the fourth day, Israeli air strikes continued to hammer the Gaza Strip, hitting 200 targets in the last 24 hours. The air force is seriously restricted in its targeting by deliberately avoiding hitting high-rise residential buildings and hospitals, where Hamas and Jihad Islami have stored their longest-range rockets, as well as being unable to reach the underground bunkers where Hamas keeps its main arsenals and key commanders safely hidden. Nonetheless Palestinian deaths in the four days of Israel’s Operation Protective Edge have climbed to 90 and 660 injured. The option of an IDF ground operation to put a stop to Hamas’s rocket blitz is still on the table.
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WarSclerotic 
July 11, 2014 at 11:07 AM
Reblogged this on L'horreur islamique.
July 11, 2014 at 12:58 PM
Like i was saying what were hearing is that this is part of something much bigger,the people directing this are very competent
July 11, 2014 at 3:04 PM
Just as I commented a few days ago. It will interesting to see who comes to the aid of Hamas. Rockets from Lebanon. Who’s next?
July 11, 2014 at 10:22 PM
It will be the same as in the Ukraine and play out like that,the good news Obama is now on his own,he may be gone soon
July 11, 2014 at 10:34 PM
No one seems to take Obama seriously anymore (at home and abroad). Israel would be wise to do the same if not already.
As for Obama going soon, impeachment would require a 2/3’s vote in the Senate and a simple majority in the House. Hopefully, the 2014 midterm elections will put the Republicans back in power. That’s our only hope for immediate relief.
July 12, 2014 at 4:05 PM
yep Septembers going to cripple him
July 11, 2014 at 11:51 PM
Just a thought. One must assume that Israel does not have an unlimited supply of iron dome missiles. What if this is a rope a dope by Hamas to use up Israel’s iron dome missiles then a second onslaught from somewhere else goes in for the kill shot. Just a thought.
July 12, 2014 at 3:21 PM
reasonable thinking , but i do not know !
July 12, 2014 at 4:09 PM
i think the same
July 12, 2014 at 9:15 PM
Maybe so but +- irrelevent.
Let us not forget that since the pullout from Lebanon the IDF has been held on a very short leash….