I'm mindful of the obama and clinton arab spring = islamic raging death storm they intentionally started - which is really nothing more that taking down our allies and replacing them with the muslim brotherhood - the umbrella group over all islamic terrorist organizations.
Now Israel is being sucked into this hell hole fire storm that Hussein obama and Hillary created!
By the way, Huma is missing from the news again! Anyone notice?
Twana
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Photo: Ben Hartman
Gaza terrorists continued to fire rockets into southern Israel on Thursday morning killing three people and injuring two others in Kiryat Malachi. Hours later, a rocket fired into the Eshkol region injured three IDF soldiers, two moderately. Some 245 rockets have been fired from Gaza into the South since the IDF launched a campaign Wednesday to root out the terror infrastructure in the coastal territory, beginning with the targeted killing of Ahmed Jabari, the chief of Hamas's military wing.
MDA paramedics treated five wounded people at the site of the Kiryat Malachi attack, in which a rocket hit a four-story building. Three people were pronounced dead on the scene and two others were suffering moderate injuries, including a baby.
A house in Ashdod and a school in Ofakim near Beersheba also sustained damage from rockets on Thursday morning. Rockets also landed in the Eshkol Regional Council area, Gan Yavne and Ashkelon.
The IDF Spokesman's Office stated the Iron Dome rocket defense system has successfully intercepted more than 80 rockets since the operation began.
A separate IDF spokesman confirmed that all Palestinian terror factions took part in rocket fire overnight Wednesday, with Hamas trying to take the lead.
He added that the IDF "believes the rocket fire will intensify."
Since beginning its operation, the IDF has struck nearly 200 Hamas and Islamic Jihad targets in Gaza, including several terrorist cells preparing to fire rockets at Israel and medium-range rocket launchers located across the Strip.
Tank fire also was directed at terror targets, he added.
Palestinian sources said that 13 people were killed in Gaza as a result of the IAF strikes, with more than a hundred suffering injuries.
The spokesman concluded by describing the Hamas-ruled Strip as "a forward Iranian base," and urged the populace to remain steadfast, as "home front resilience is vital for the continuing operation."
Schools within 40 km. of the Gaza Strip were declared closed Thursday, and residents were urged to follow directives from the IDF Home Front Command. Magen David Adom paramedics treated 13 Israelis for injuries suffered overnight prior to the fatal strike in Kiryat Malachi, the organization said. Of the injured, four suffered light wounds while nine more suffered shock symptoms.
Gaza-border communities were in lockdown, with residents ordered to remain in their homes if they live within 7 km. of Gaza.
Explosions have been reported as far away as Dimona, some 75 km. from the Gaza Strip.
At an emergency meeting in Tel Aviv on Wednesday, the security cabinet authorized Defense Minister Ehud Barak to mobilize reservists if needed.
The cabinet also agreed that the IDF should continue to act against terrorist infrastructure and activity in Gaza. It instructed the Foreign Ministry to begin a diplomatic public relations campaign to explain that Israel was acting in self-defense against military targets, as the continued rocket barrage had become intolerable.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke on the telephone on Wednesday night with US President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton. He was also scheduled to speak with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
The prime minister thanked Obama and Biden for taking the position that Israel had a right to defend itself.
The military operation immediately increased tensions with Egypt, which condemned Israel’s actions and recalled its ambassador.
Tovah Lazaroff contributed to this report
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I was in Israel for the past 10 days, getting back home 2 days ago. I think it is high time that Israel stops being nice and just wipe these people off the face of his earth. Get them out of Gaza, take back all the land that belongs to them including Jerusalem. Having to live with bomb shelters is nonsense. They are not the ones that start the hostilities and they have perfect right to defend their homeland. Go Israel!!!!
Twana, Great post and follow on reporting. I agree everything is going according to plan and Obama can take credit for all of the escalation with his appology speech almost 4 years ago, then Arab Spring, then no recognition of the terrorist attack by Maj. Hassan, and culminating recently in the Benghazi attacks. Hamas and all terrorist factions are emboldened especially with the US allowing increased (Obama authorized) infiltration of these groups into our country and this administration's glossing over of anything that even smells like terror or terrorists. I agree with James Cavalieri we are going to see suicide bombers in America and they may not wait fo 2013. As you said, we all must prepare.
Semper Fi
JESUS help them!
I have no doubt that this is the result the muslime in the white house was hoping for when he forced Mubarak out. Mubarak may not have run a democracy but you didn't see any of this crap. Same thing applies to Libya and Syria. This SOB has been running guns to every jihadist groups he can find. I am really beginning to think the whole thing in Benghazi was a set up to get rid of the ambassador. Why don't people understand that he will do everything he can to destroy Israel. He has already told us in any conflict he will side with the muslimes. And, where is our secretary of state during all this, sipping wine in Australia. And, she will continue to make every effort to stay out of the country and out of the reach of congress. She has as much blood on her hands as the muslime in chief.
HAM-ASS will never be required by OBAMA-ITES to tone down their rhetoric and attacks on Israel. It's interesting that Muslimes, who hate PORK, would name their organization HAM-ASS.