Sunday, March 11, 2012

Israel Rules Out Ground Assault AND News from Israel ..

IDF hits terrorists detonating explosives on Gaza border


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Gaza rocket launch rate - 100 per day

Since yesterday, more than 100 rockets were launched at civilians in Israel. Luckily Iron Dome is proving its worth by identifying these rockets up high and bombing them in the sky.
Here is the Iron Dome in action:

Iron Dome Foils 90 Percent of Missiles

The Iron Dome system has intercepted 90 percent of missile attacks on urban centers during the latest rocket bombardment from Gaza.
By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
First Publish: 3/11/2012, 9:57 AM

Iron Dome anti-missile system
Iron Dome anti-missile system
IDF Spokesman
The Iron Dome system has intercepted 90 percent of missile attacks on urban centers during the latest rocket bombardment from Gaza.
The expensive systems were inaugurated last year amid controversy over its worth. A primitive Kassam rocket costs terrorists only a few hundred dollars while each Iron Dome anti-missile missile costs $50,000.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu stated Saturday night, “We will continue to improve home front defense including by means of additional Iron Dome systems, the effectiveness of which was shown again over the weekend."




Israel Rules Out Ground Assault


Israel has ruled out a ground assault to stop missile attacks, which continued Sunday morning despite Hamas’s proposal for a ceasefire.
By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
First Publish: 3/11/2012, 7:49 AM

IDF searches for rockets after attacks near Ashkelon
IDF searches for rockets after attacks near Ashkelon
Reuters
Israel has ruled out a ground assault to stop terrorist missile attacks, which continued Sunday morning despite Hamas’s proposal for a ceasefire, sources told Voice of Israel radioSunday. One million Israelis insouthern Israel have been ordered to stay in rocket-proof rooms.
Hamas called for a ceasefire but attacked Israel with at least six more rockets and missiles early Sunday morning. The Iron Dome defense system intercepted two rockets aimed at the port city of Ashkelon, home to key oil and gas pipelines and a huge electricity generation station. A third rocket exploded in an open area in the western Negev.
The Iron Dome also intercepted a missile aimed at the port city of Ashdod, several miles north of Ashkelon and near the southern edge of metropolitan Tel Aviv. The system is able to differentiate between destinations of missiles and does not intercept those that will hit open fields.


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An Israeli army sapper examines a mortar shell damage caused to a house by a mortar shell fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip
An Israeli army sapper examines a mortar shell damage caused to a house by a mortar shell fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip
Photo Credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90