Tuesday, September 04, 2007

Hamas hits Sderot hard

Israel May Cut Gaza Power, Water in Response to Rocket Attacks

Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Haim Ramon on Tuesday threatened to cut electricity, water and fuel supplies into Gaza if militants in the Hamas-ruled territory continued to fire rockets into Israel.

On Monday a Palestinian rocket fired from Gaza exploded near a nursery school in the Israeli town of Sderot.
(AFP)


Sderot Father: "I Thought I Would Die on the Spot" - Shelly Paz

"We heard that the fifth Kassam [rocket] fell at the day care center. I thought I would die on the spot," said Meir Ben-Zikri, Idan's father.

He raced to the scene, where he found shocked teachers and other horrified parents. "Children were crying and there was a lot of glass all over the place," said Meir.
(Jerusalem Post)


Waiting for Babies to Die Is No Strategy -Amir Mizroch

Imagine if, God forbid, 12 children had been killed Monday in the rocket attack on a Sderot kindergarten instead of "just" being sent to Ashkelon's Barzilai Hospital and treated for shock.

Former Mossad chief Shabtai Shavit said, "Our strategy should be one of offense, not defense...
(Jerusalem Post)

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