Rocket Fired from Gaza Towards Eshkol Region

[aris2chat]

And Israel should disregard it's security???????

Publish: 10/31/2014, 10:22 PM
Reuters

A rocket from Gaza was fired on Friday night towards the Eshkol region in southern Israel.

The rocket was detected by the IDF’s tracking system. It exploded in an open region, likely within Gaza and not in Israeli territory, and for this reason the “red alert” rocket siren was not heard.

There were no reports of physical injuries or damages.

Friday’s incident marks the second time since the end of last summer’s Operation Protective Edge that Gaza terrorists have attempted rocket fire towards Israel.

Last month, a mortar attack was launched by Gazan terrorists against southern Israel, in breach of a ceasefire signed in August. Hamas, which breached numerous ceasefires during the operation, denied responsibility for the attack and later announced it had arrested the perpetrators.

The sides were supposed to resume Egyptian mediated talks on a permanent ceasefire, but Egypt announced this week that the talks would be postponed until mid-November.

 

[Penelope]

And Israel should disregard it's security???????

Publish: 10/31/2014, 10:22 PM
Reuters

A rocket from Gaza was fired on Friday night towards the Eshkol region in southern Israel.

The rocket was detected by the IDF’s tracking system. It exploded in an open region, likely within Gaza and not in Israeli territory, and for this reason the “red alert” rocket siren was not heard.

There were no reports of physical injuries or damages.

Friday’s incident marks the second time since the end of last summer’s Operation Protective Edge that Gaza terrorists have attempted rocket fire towards Israel.

Last month, a mortar attack was launched by Gazan terrorists against southern Israel, in breach of a ceasefire signed in August. Hamas, which breached numerous ceasefires during the operation, denied responsibility for the attack and later announced it had arrested the perpetrators.

The sides were supposed to resume Egyptian mediated talks on a permanent ceasefire, but Egypt announced this week that the talks would be postponed until mid-November.

No damage or anything, Israel's word, not trustworthy.

 

[Beelzebub]

Fired from Gaza to Gaza.

What's up. Is their own air Israeli now too?

 

[aris2chat]

And Israel should disregard it's security???????

Publish: 10/31/2014, 10:22 PM
Reuters

A rocket from Gaza was fired on Friday night towards the Eshkol region in southern Israel.

The rocket was detected by the IDF’s tracking system. It exploded in an open region, likely within Gaza and not in Israeli territory, and for this reason the “red alert” rocket siren was not heard.

There were no reports of physical injuries or damages.

Friday’s incident marks the second time since the end of last summer’s Operation Protective Edge that Gaza terrorists have attempted rocket fire towards Israel.

Last month, a mortar attack was launched by Gazan terrorists against southern Israel, in breach of a ceasefire signed in August. Hamas, which breached numerous ceasefires during the operation, denied responsibility for the attack and later announced it had arrested the perpetrators.

The sides were supposed to resume Egyptian mediated talks on a permanent ceasefire, but Egypt announced this week that the talks would be postponed until mid-November.

No damage or anything, Israel's word, not trustworthy.

So if Israel had been hit and Israelis killed you would believe "Israel's word"?

 

[aris2chat]

Gaza: How the resistance manufactures its rockets with help from Iran, Syria, and Hezbollah

Palestinian Islamic Jihad members prepare al-Quds rockets during preparations to fire missiles into Israel, in the east of Gaza City, 20 December 2008.
By: Qassem Qassem, Youssef Fares, Abdel Rahman Nassar

Published Thursday, October 30, 2014

Necessity is the mother of invention. The Resistance has recently demonstrated its biggest achievements yet in the fight with Israel. Indeed, it is not an exaggeration to say that Gaza, and behind it Iran, Syria, and Hezbollah, had anticipated the day when the borders and the sea surrounding Gaza would be sealed off. Today, Egypt and Israel are stepping up their coordination to make the sea off limits to the resistance, while in the south, their armies are working to establish a buffer zone and even a water trench, in the hope of putting an end to the smuggling of rockets from the Iranian desert to the Mediterranean.

“Lift your feet, we have been and will remain under them, at your service,” said Abu Ali, a commander in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), in broken Arabic to a resistance fighter from Gaza who was attending a training session in Iran in 2012. This was in response to criticisms voiced against the Iranians for not having transferred rocket-making technology to Gaza prior to the Israeli assault in 2008. Abu Jihad, the Gazan fighter, had asked his instructor, “Where were you in the first war (Operation Cast Lead)?”

Before 2012, when resistance fighters used to travel via Syria, the authorities in Damascus allocated special conduits for Gazan resistance fighters.

Cars would wait for them on the tarmac and then take them to the factions to which they were affiliated. A prominent Palestinian leader says, “If their trips were scheduled on the same day, they would change planes without being asked about visas or passports.”

In Tehran, the resistance fighters attended intensive training sessions. Over the many months they spent there, they gained invaluable skills, starting with on-hands application of theories, to testing weapons and tactics in environments simulating the geography in Gaza. For instance, they were taken on board Iranian HESA Shahed helicopters to inspect the sites where the rockets fell, to examine their accuracy and effectiveness, according to Abu Jihad.

The resistance fighters transferred their experience to Gaza, where they helped manufacture and develop rockets, and provide training on how to emplace and camouflage them to avoid the occupation’s eyes in the sky and on the ground. Yet the training did not come only from Iran, as fighters also underwent the same kind of training in Syria. There were also the occasional incidents. In one such incident, during training on hitting targets in the Syrian Desert, a rocket fell near a dormitory and wounded a number of soldiers.

With the end of 2001, al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas, started manufacturing for the first time Qassam rockets. The rockets at the time had a range of no more than 15 km, and in many instances, rockets would fall near their launching pads, or even explode before their launch. These rockets mostly targeted the settlement of Sderot, which lies 4 kilometers from the eastern border of the Gaza Strip.

In those years, the resistance fighters did not have much experience in manufacturing weapons, not to mention the difficulty of procuring the needed raw materials. But since 2005, following the withdrawal of the Israeli enemy from the Philadelphia Corridor, the resistance breathed a sigh of relief. The southern border with Egypt was now open to the resistance fighters, creating better conditions for smuggling in weapons and raw materials through tunnels to manufacture rockets. Since that year and until 2012, Iran and Hezbollah sought to help develop the rockets of the Palestinian resistance to reach longer ranges. A new stage began in which fighters from Gaza flocked to Lebanon, and collaborated with the resistance there to bring in more weapons and military equipment.

A new stage began in which fighters from Gaza flocked to Lebanon, and collaborated with the resistance there to bring in more weapons and military equipment.
The common belief that boats snuck to the shore is inaccurate. Rather, weapons would be dropped in certain points in the sea very far from the shore. Water currents washed them off on the shore, to be retrieved by divers at night. Another notable smuggling route went through Sudan, Egypt, the Sinai, and then Gaza via tunnels, according to one prominent Hamas official.

Later on, the Iranians realized the logistical obstacle facing the resistance in smuggling in weapons, namely, the difficulty of bringing in large rockets through the tunnels. Subsequently, the IRGC sought to develop Fajr-5 rockets that could be disassembled and then reassembled in Palestine.

The first Fajr-5 rockets arrived in Gaza in 2011, and were used for the first time in Operation Pillar of Cloud in 2012, when the Palestinian resistance bombed Tel Aviv for the first time. At the time, Israel accused the IRGC of supplying rockets to the resistance. The commander of the IRGC Mohammad Ali Jafari responded by confirming the transfer of Fajr rockets to the resistance, and added that he would be seeking to supply them with other rocket systems.

Fajr was one of the weapons that had a great impact on the work of the resistance. But there was a limit to the amount this type of rocketry the resistance could smuggle in. In this regard, Abu Jihad said that the concern over bringing in limited amounts of weapons, in addition to the possibility of security deterioration and the tightening of the blockade in a way that would prevent the entry of weapons into Gaza, were all issues on the mind of IRGC officials during the training. Abu Jihad said the trainers developed special courses on manufacturing rockets, after the Iranians gathered a lot of information on the raw materials available in Gaza and in its vicinity. Abu Jihad said, “So we made rockets ourselves in Iran, using materials similar to those available in Gaza, and we verified their effectiveness.”

The ‘golden era’ of Hosni Mubarak

Leading sources in Islamic Jihad said that the majority of weapons that arrived in Gaza and used in the battles of 2012 and 2014 had come through during Hosni Mubarak’s term, especially in 2011 and the years that followed. The sources added that in those years, the authorities in Egypt turned a blind eye to smuggling in Sinai, which was done with the help of tribes there in return for huge sums of money.

In this regard, a Hamas official said that the resistance would agree with Egyptian officers to allocate a specified number of days in which the resistance fighters would smuggle weapons freely. Then under President Mohammed Morsi, in whose term the eight-day conflict (Pillar of Cloud) took place and the Fajr rocket was deployed for the first, the resistance stockpiled a fair amount of rockets and hardware. However, Palestinian sources stress that smuggling weapons under Morsi was more difficult than under Mubarak, though they say it was easier under him to move fighters out of Gaza for training. There were even reports that the deposed president had issued special cards to facilitate the movement of people out of Gaza without harassment from the security services.

After the war in 2012, the enemy learned the smuggling routes into Gaza, and targeted weapons convoys and rocket caches. In late 2012, the Israeli air force bombed a weapons convoy in Sudan, said to be on its way to Gaza. At that point, the Iranians realized that the best option to supply rockets to the Palestinian resistance was to help manufacture them locally instead of smuggling them.

Accordingly, Tehran worked with Hezbollah to train Gazans on setting up plants to manufacture rockets, as one leader said. Operation Protective Edge in 2014 demonstrated the worth of months of training in Iran. The phrase “locally made” was used extensively in resistance statements during that conflict.

The Iranians did not deny that the rockets fired by the resistance were locally made. Assistant Foreign Minister of Iran, Hossein Amir Abdul-Lahian, said the IRGC had transferred rocket-making technology to the Palestinians.

Regarding drones, Islamic Jihad sources said that Iran had delivered three Ababil UAVs to the Qassam Brigades to carry out certain missions, but that these planes were downed as was declared.

Generally speaking, in the recent war, locally made rockets (e.g. Qassam and M75), which were available in abundant number, helped sustain the rate of rocket fire at the same level until the last day of the battle, while the Quds Brigades used the Buraq 70 and Buraq 100 rockets to bomb Tel Aviv and other cities.

t was decided that these [locally made] rockets must carry a small explosive head, but must have a higher range, for both combat- and political-related calculations.
Clearly, the design and propulsion fuel for both types of rockets come from the same source. At that stage, there was a debate between the leaders of the resistance (Lebanese, Palestinian and Iranian) regarding the nature of locally made rockets, and it was decided that these rockets must carry a small explosive head, but must have a higher range, for both combat- and political-related calculations.
Leading figures in the Palestinian resistance explained the difference in cost between manufacturing rockets locally and smuggling them from Iran. They said, “Locally made rockets are almost as powerful as smuggled ones, but cost less. The cost of a rocket like the one used to bomb Tel Aviv does not exceed $5,000, while a smuggled rocket may cost up to $15,000.” Regarding short-range rockets, for example, the cost of a smuggled 107-type rocket is around $800, while the same rocket can be made locally for $110.

In the recent war, the Palestinian resistance continued to manufacture rockets, but the problem it faced was how to transport them from the plants to their launching platforms. Resistance sources in Gaza said, “The location of the rocket manufacturing plants is unknown to most fighters. Some factions even bar the manufacturers of the rockets themselves to know the location of the places they work in.”

Despite the local manufacturing of rockets, smuggling has not come to a complete halt. What is successfully smuggled, whether via the sea or the Sinai desert, is not usually disclosed. Sources in Islamic Jihad say that currently, the reliance is on local manufacturing, “thanks to the presence of excellent raw materials at a good price in the markets.”

Certainly, the recent war is being assessed carefully by Iran, Hezbollah, and even Syria to learn what needs to be done, amid a large influx of financial support for the armed wings of the resistance after the war.

This article is an edited translation from the Arabic Edition.

 

[aris2chat]

Israeli families scarred by Gaza war

Four-year-old Daniel Tragerman was one of the last Israelis killed, just before the ceasefire

Israel and the Palestinians
While the August ceasefire which ended the 50-day conflict between Israel and the Palestinians in Gaza has held, families on both sides of the border continue to suffer the devastating effects. Following our report on Palestinians whose neighbourhood was destroyed by Israeli bombing, here the BBC's Erica Chernofsky looks at the impact of the war on three Israeli families.

This past summer, millions of Israelis - from the small southern city of Sderot to the bustling coastal metropolis of Tel Aviv - lived under regular rocket attacks from the Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza.

Attacks surged after Israel launched an offensive to restore quiet to its communities. During the operation, more than 4,500 rockets and mortars were fired indiscriminately at Israel, killing six civilians, wounding scores and sending residents fleeing to shelters. Sixty-seven Israeli soldiers were killed and hundreds wounded in battles with Palestinian fighters.

More than 2,100 Palestinians - mostly civilians, according to the UN - were also killed during the conflict. Israel says it killed at least 1,000 militants.

Israel says its missile defence system intercepted 735 rockets, but many of those that got through hit homes, schools and other buildings. Every rocket launched activated a blaring siren, unleashing panic and chaos as many Israelis had just 15 seconds to run for cover.

However this operation uncovered a far sinister threat against Israeli citizens, that which Israel calls the "terror tunnels".

Tunnels fear
These are a vast underground network with numerous shafts, many of which led from inside Gaza to Israeli communities in southern Israel.

A tunnel opening was even found near a kibbutz dining hall and kindergarten. Israelis were shocked by media reports that Hamas had planned on using such tunnels to commit a mass attack on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year.

Palestinian tunnels were built for attacking communities in Israel

Israel said it had destroyed 32 of these tunnels, but Yael Raz-Lachiani from Kibbutz Nahal Oz, less than 1km (0.6 miles) from the Gaza border, is still living in fear.

Like many other residents of southern Israel, Yael left her home during the war because of the incessant rocket fire from Gaza. Up to 40 rockets and mortars hit her kibbutz every day, she says.

Due to their proximity to Gaza, Yael, her husband and three young children only had three seconds' warning to reach a safe room. One of her neighbours, a four-year-old boy named Daniel Tragerman, was killed in one such attack.

Yael's son's kindergarten is completely surrounded by thick concrete barriers because, once the siren goes off, there is not time to get all the children into a shelter. And her children know that if they are outside, they must lie flat on the ground with their hands on their heads.

But the new threat, she says, comes from the tunnels.

"When there's rockets falling I know what to do, it's still scary, but I know what to do. With the tunnels I don't know what to do. We are very afraid that someone will come out on this side of the fence and attack us, attack our kids, and we have no way to protect ourselves."

Yael Raz-Lachiani: 'I feel guilty for raising my kids like this'

Left without a father
Dror Hanin, 37, was the first Israeli civilian to be killed in this war. A volunteer fireman and medic, he offered his services this summer to bring snacks and drinks to Israeli troops stationed on the border, a popular effort among Israelis who wanted to show support for their soldiers.

But while driving near the Erez Crossing point into Gaza, he was hit by a mortar shell fired by Hamas militants, and died of his injuries. He left behind a wife and three children, including an infant daughter.

He was known to his friends and family as a real altruist who devoted his life to helping others, says his older brother, Yosi.

"One of the most sad things for me is that his kids will not have a chance to enjoy such a father," he laments. "I think we would have a much better society if everybody would try to be a little more like Dror."

Yosi Hanin recalls his brother Dror

'We will not leave again'
The Wizner family had previously been evacuated from their homes twice - once from the Sinai after the peace agreement with Egypt, and a second time from Nezarim, a Jewish settlement in Gaza, during Israel's unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in 2005. They now live in Bnei Nezarim in southern Israel.

Two of their family members were killed in attacks by militants inside Gaza before the withdrawal, and they hoped that leaving the territory would bring peace.

"This is still a war for our independence," says Chanan Wizner, a teacher and father of 11, who described the difficulty of uprooting his family from their home.

"We left our settlements, we left our greenhouses, we left our synagogues, our schools, our sand, our land, we left the land we lived in for 30 years, we left everything, and from there they shoot at us," says Mr Wizner. "They don't accept our existence here."

He says that despite the fear during rocket attacks, especially when they wake his children in the middle of the night, the family will not leave their homes again.

"We are here and we will be here forever - accept that. We are willing to make peace, to give peace for peace. But whoever hurts us, we will hit back even harder."

Chanan Wizner: 'We will be here for eternity'

 

[aris2chat]

Fired from Gaza to Gaza.

What's up. Is their own air Israeli now too?

Did you miss the word "toward"??
It fell short but it was still an attempt to hit Israel, to start another incident that might well have lead to more palestinians deaths and destruction.

 

[docmauser1]

And Israel should disregard it's security???????

Publish: 10/31/2014, 10:22 PM
Reuters

A rocket from Gaza was fired on Friday night towards the Eshkol region in southern Israel.

The rocket was detected by the IDF’s tracking system. It exploded in an open region, likely within Gaza and not in Israeli territory, and for this reason the “red alert” rocket siren was not heard.

There were no reports of physical injuries or damages.

Friday’s incident marks the second time since the end of last summer’s Operation Protective Edge that Gaza terrorists have attempted rocket fire towards Israel.

Last month, a mortar attack was launched by Gazan terrorists against southern Israel, in breach of a ceasefire signed in August. Hamas, which breached numerous ceasefires during the operation, denied responsibility for the attack and later announced it had arrested the perpetrators.

The sides were supposed to resume Egyptian mediated talks on a permanent ceasefire, but Egypt announced this week that the talks would be postponed until mid-November.

No damage or anything, Israel's word, not trustworthy.

Farmers in the area should be given rockets to shoot in the general direction of gazabad on holidays, or when they simply feel like it, of course.

 

[docmauser1]

Fired from Gaza to Gaza.

Really?! Did they hit anything?

 

[Penelope]

Israeli families scarred by Gaza war

Four-year-old Daniel Tragerman was one of the last Israelis killed, just before the ceasefire

Israel and the Palestinians
While the August ceasefire which ended the 50-day conflict between Israel and the Palestinians in Gaza has held, families on both sides of the border continue to suffer the devastating effects. Following our report on Palestinians whose neighbourhood was destroyed by Israeli bombing, here the BBC's Erica Chernofsky looks at the impact of the war on three Israeli families.

This past summer, millions of Israelis - from the small southern city of Sderot to the bustling coastal metropolis of Tel Aviv - lived under regular rocket attacks from the Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza.

Attacks surged after Israel launched an offensive to restore quiet to its communities. During the operation, more than 4,500 rockets and mortars were fired indiscriminately at Israel, killing six civilians, wounding scores and sending residents fleeing to shelters. Sixty-seven Israeli soldiers were killed and hundreds wounded in battles with Palestinian fighters.

More than 2,100 Palestinians - mostly civilians, according to the UN - were also killed during the conflict. Israel says it killed at least 1,000 militants.

Israel says its missile defence system intercepted 735 rockets, but many of those that got through hit homes, schools and other buildings. Every rocket launched activated a blaring siren, unleashing panic and chaos as many Israelis had just 15 seconds to run for cover.

However this operation uncovered a far sinister threat against Israeli citizens, that which Israel calls the "terror tunnels".

Tunnels fear
These are a vast underground network with numerous shafts, many of which led from inside Gaza to Israeli communities in southern Israel.

A tunnel opening was even found near a kibbutz dining hall and kindergarten. Israelis were shocked by media reports that Hamas had planned on using such tunnels to commit a mass attack on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year.

Palestinian tunnels were built for attacking communities in Israel

Israel said it had destroyed 32 of these tunnels, but Yael Raz-Lachiani from Kibbutz Nahal Oz, less than 1km (0.6 miles) from the Gaza border, is still living in fear.

Like many other residents of southern Israel, Yael left her home during the war because of the incessant rocket fire from Gaza. Up to 40 rockets and mortars hit her kibbutz every day, she says.

Due to their proximity to Gaza, Yael, her husband and three young children only had three seconds' warning to reach a safe room. One of her neighbours, a four-year-old boy named Daniel Tragerman, was killed in one such attack.

Yael's son's kindergarten is completely surrounded by thick concrete barriers because, once the siren goes off, there is not time to get all the children into a shelter. And her children know that if they are outside, they must lie flat on the ground with their hands on their heads.

But the new threat, she says, comes from the tunnels.

"When there's rockets falling I know what to do, it's still scary, but I know what to do. With the tunnels I don't know what to do. We are very afraid that someone will come out on this side of the fence and attack us, attack our kids, and we have no way to protect ourselves."

Yael Raz-Lachiani: 'I feel guilty for raising my kids like this'

Left without a father
Dror Hanin, 37, was the first Israeli civilian to be killed in this war. A volunteer fireman and medic, he offered his services this summer to bring snacks and drinks to Israeli troops stationed on the border, a popular effort among Israelis who wanted to show support for their soldiers.

But while driving near the Erez Crossing point into Gaza, he was hit by a mortar shell fired by Hamas militants, and died of his injuries. He left behind a wife and three children, including an infant daughter.

He was known to his friends and family as a real altruist who devoted his life to helping others, says his older brother, Yosi.

"One of the most sad things for me is that his kids will not have a chance to enjoy such a father," he laments. "I think we would have a much better society if everybody would try to be a little more like Dror."

Yosi Hanin recalls his brother Dror

'We will not leave again'
The Wizner family had previously been evacuated from their homes twice - once from the Sinai after the peace agreement with Egypt, and a second time from Nezarim, a Jewish settlement in Gaza, during Israel's unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in 2005. They now live in Bnei Nezarim in southern Israel.

Two of their family members were killed in attacks by militants inside Gaza before the withdrawal, and they hoped that leaving the territory would bring peace.

"This is still a war for our independence," says Chanan Wizner, a teacher and father of 11, who described the difficulty of uprooting his family from their home.

"We left our settlements, we left our greenhouses, we left our synagogues, our schools, our sand, our land, we left the land we lived in for 30 years, we left everything, and from there they shoot at us," says Mr Wizner. "They don't accept our existence here."

He says that despite the fear during rocket attacks, especially when they wake his children in the middle of the night, the family will not leave their homes again.

"We are here and we will be here forever - accept that. We are willing to make peace, to give peace for peace. But whoever hurts us, we will hit back even harder."

Chanan Wizner: 'We will be here for eternity'

Yea they looked really scarred. Give us a break.

 

[Penelope]

And Israel should disregard it's security???????

Publish: 10/31/2014, 10:22 PM
Reuters

A rocket from Gaza was fired on Friday night towards the Eshkol region in southern Israel.

The rocket was detected by the IDF’s tracking system. It exploded in an open region, likely within Gaza and not in Israeli territory, and for this reason the “red alert” rocket siren was not heard.

There were no reports of physical injuries or damages.

Friday’s incident marks the second time since the end of last summer’s Operation Protective Edge that Gaza terrorists have attempted rocket fire towards Israel.

Last month, a mortar attack was launched by Gazan terrorists against southern Israel, in breach of a ceasefire signed in August. Hamas, which breached numerous ceasefires during the operation, denied responsibility for the attack and later announced it had arrested the perpetrators.

The sides were supposed to resume Egyptian mediated talks on a permanent ceasefire, but Egypt announced this week that the talks would be postponed until mid-November.

No damage or anything, Israel's word, not trustworthy.

So if Israel had been hit and Israelis killed you would believe "Israel's word"?

No I believe very little of what Israel says in their papers.

 

[Lipush]

And Israel should disregard it's security???????

Publish: 10/31/2014, 10:22 PM
Reuters

A rocket from Gaza was fired on Friday night towards the Eshkol region in southern Israel.

The rocket was detected by the IDF’s tracking system. It exploded in an open region, likely within Gaza and not in Israeli territory, and for this reason the “red alert” rocket siren was not heard.

There were no reports of physical injuries or damages.

Friday’s incident marks the second time since the end of last summer’s Operation Protective Edge that Gaza terrorists have attempted rocket fire towards Israel.

Last month, a mortar attack was launched by Gazan terrorists against southern Israel, in breach of a ceasefire signed in August. Hamas, which breached numerous ceasefires during the operation, denied responsibility for the attack and later announced it had arrested the perpetrators.

The sides were supposed to resume Egyptian mediated talks on a permanent ceasefire, but Egypt announced this week that the talks would be postponed until mid-November.

Yeahhhhhh, bout that. Talked to a friend yesterday, he says it never happened.

So I'm not sure if that's accurate.

 

[Lipush]

Israeli families scarred by Gaza war

Four-year-old Daniel Tragerman was one of the last Israelis killed, just before the ceasefire

Israel and the Palestinians
While the August ceasefire which ended the 50-day conflict between Israel and the Palestinians in Gaza has held, families on both sides of the border continue to suffer the devastating effects. Following our report on Palestinians whose neighbourhood was destroyed by Israeli bombing, here the BBC's Erica Chernofsky looks at the impact of the war on three Israeli families.

This past summer, millions of Israelis - from the small southern city of Sderot to the bustling coastal metropolis of Tel Aviv - lived under regular rocket attacks from the Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza.

Attacks surged after Israel launched an offensive to restore quiet to its communities. During the operation, more than 4,500 rockets and mortars were fired indiscriminately at Israel, killing six civilians, wounding scores and sending residents fleeing to shelters. Sixty-seven Israeli soldiers were killed and hundreds wounded in battles with Palestinian fighters.

More than 2,100 Palestinians - mostly civilians, according to the UN - were also killed during the conflict. Israel says it killed at least 1,000 militants.

Israel says its missile defence system intercepted 735 rockets, but many of those that got through hit homes, schools and other buildings. Every rocket launched activated a blaring siren, unleashing panic and chaos as many Israelis had just 15 seconds to run for cover.

However this operation uncovered a far sinister threat against Israeli citizens, that which Israel calls the "terror tunnels".

Tunnels fear
These are a vast underground network with numerous shafts, many of which led from inside Gaza to Israeli communities in southern Israel.

A tunnel opening was even found near a kibbutz dining hall and kindergarten. Israelis were shocked by media reports that Hamas had planned on using such tunnels to commit a mass attack on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year.

Palestinian tunnels were built for attacking communities in Israel

Israel said it had destroyed 32 of these tunnels, but Yael Raz-Lachiani from Kibbutz Nahal Oz, less than 1km (0.6 miles) from the Gaza border, is still living in fear.

Like many other residents of southern Israel, Yael left her home during the war because of the incessant rocket fire from Gaza. Up to 40 rockets and mortars hit her kibbutz every day, she says.

Due to their proximity to Gaza, Yael, her husband and three young children only had three seconds' warning to reach a safe room. One of her neighbours, a four-year-old boy named Daniel Tragerman, was killed in one such attack.

Yael's son's kindergarten is completely surrounded by thick concrete barriers because, once the siren goes off, there is not time to get all the children into a shelter. And her children know that if they are outside, they must lie flat on the ground with their hands on their heads.

But the new threat, she says, comes from the tunnels.

"When there's rockets falling I know what to do, it's still scary, but I know what to do. With the tunnels I don't know what to do. We are very afraid that someone will come out on this side of the fence and attack us, attack our kids, and we have no way to protect ourselves."

Yael Raz-Lachiani: 'I feel guilty for raising my kids like this'

Left without a father
Dror Hanin, 37, was the first Israeli civilian to be killed in this war. A volunteer fireman and medic, he offered his services this summer to bring snacks and drinks to Israeli troops stationed on the border, a popular effort among Israelis who wanted to show support for their soldiers.

But while driving near the Erez Crossing point into Gaza, he was hit by a mortar shell fired by Hamas militants, and died of his injuries. He left behind a wife and three children, including an infant daughter.

He was known to his friends and family as a real altruist who devoted his life to helping others, says his older brother, Yosi.

"One of the most sad things for me is that his kids will not have a chance to enjoy such a father," he laments. "I think we would have a much better society if everybody would try to be a little more like Dror."

Yosi Hanin recalls his brother Dror

'We will not leave again'
The Wizner family had previously been evacuated from their homes twice - once from the Sinai after the peace agreement with Egypt, and a second time from Nezarim, a Jewish settlement in Gaza, during Israel's unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in 2005. They now live in Bnei Nezarim in southern Israel.

Two of their family members were killed in attacks by militants inside Gaza before the withdrawal, and they hoped that leaving the territory would bring peace.

"This is still a war for our independence," says Chanan Wizner, a teacher and father of 11, who described the difficulty of uprooting his family from their home.

"We left our settlements, we left our greenhouses, we left our synagogues, our schools, our sand, our land, we left the land we lived in for 30 years, we left everything, and from there they shoot at us," says Mr Wizner. "They don't accept our existence here."

He says that despite the fear during rocket attacks, especially when they wake his children in the middle of the night, the family will not leave their homes again.

"We are here and we will be here forever - accept that. We are willing to make peace, to give peace for peace. But whoever hurts us, we will hit back even harder."

Chanan Wizner: 'We will be here for eternity'

Yea they looked really scarred. Give us a break.

How do you say F U in the place you come from?

 

[Lipush]

And Israel should disregard it's security???????

Publish: 10/31/2014, 10:22 PM
Reuters

A rocket from Gaza was fired on Friday night towards the Eshkol region in southern Israel.

The rocket was detected by the IDF’s tracking system. It exploded in an open region, likely within Gaza and not in Israeli territory, and for this reason the “red alert” rocket siren was not heard.

There were no reports of physical injuries or damages.

Friday’s incident marks the second time since the end of last summer’s Operation Protective Edge that Gaza terrorists have attempted rocket fire towards Israel.

Last month, a mortar attack was launched by Gazan terrorists against southern Israel, in breach of a ceasefire signed in August. Hamas, which breached numerous ceasefires during the operation, denied responsibility for the attack and later announced it had arrested the perpetrators.

The sides were supposed to resume Egyptian mediated talks on a permanent ceasefire, but Egypt announced this week that the talks would be postponed until mid-November.

No damage or anything, Israel's word, not trustworthy.

So if Israel had been hit and Israelis killed you would believe "Israel's word"?

No I believe very little of what Israel says in their papers.

But you swallow every bullshit the Palestinians say in theirs.

LOL. Stupid girl.

 

[Penelope]

And Israel should disregard it's security???????

Publish: 10/31/2014, 10:22 PM
Reuters

A rocket from Gaza was fired on Friday night towards the Eshkol region in southern Israel.

The rocket was detected by the IDF’s tracking system. It exploded in an open region, likely within Gaza and not in Israeli territory, and for this reason the “red alert” rocket siren was not heard.

There were no reports of physical injuries or damages.

Friday’s incident marks the second time since the end of last summer’s Operation Protective Edge that Gaza terrorists have attempted rocket fire towards Israel.

Last month, a mortar attack was launched by Gazan terrorists against southern Israel, in breach of a ceasefire signed in August. Hamas, which breached numerous ceasefires during the operation, denied responsibility for the attack and later announced it had arrested the perpetrators.

The sides were supposed to resume Egyptian mediated talks on a permanent ceasefire, but Egypt announced this week that the talks would be postponed until mid-November.

No damage or anything, Israel's word, not trustworthy.

So if Israel had been hit and Israelis killed you would believe "Israel's word"?

No I believe very little of what Israel says in their papers.

But you swallow every bullshit the Palestinians say in theirs.

LOL. Stupid girl.

The Pals stories are often the same as Jordan's, now Israel mainly creates the news and others report it. No I don't believe everything to the t, but yes I have found their stories to be more trustworthy. Take Israel, every paper had the infant child story different, we don't even know who the father is, also their fake pics are hilarious. The guy who did CPR, when you said no CPR was done. Now which paper am I to believe. I do not believe there was an infant. I still can't find any news about the parents other than the original.

They said the red hair guy was shot what 4 or was it 5 times in the back and all missed the spine, I find that very hard to believe as well. See your stories are exaggerated and the timing of most of them are predicable and just right at a time when a tragedy is needed. Your stories are predicable, as they are mainly created.

 

[Lipush]

In other words, you're anti-Israel, so automatically you don't trust the words of Israel, and even when there are obvious terror attack, you think those are made up because it suits your agenda that Palis can do nothing wrong.

No need to explain that, it's a well established method with anti-Israelis.

And quite honestly, it's not surprising. It's rare that anti-Zionist come up with anything new, so

 

[aris2chat]

And Israel should disregard it's security???????

Publish: 10/31/2014, 10:22 PM
Reuters

A rocket from Gaza was fired on Friday night towards the Eshkol region in southern Israel.

The rocket was detected by the IDF’s tracking system. It exploded in an open region, likely within Gaza and not in Israeli territory, and for this reason the “red alert” rocket siren was not heard.

There were no reports of physical injuries or damages.

Friday’s incident marks the second time since the end of last summer’s Operation Protective Edge that Gaza terrorists have attempted rocket fire towards Israel.

Last month, a mortar attack was launched by Gazan terrorists against southern Israel, in breach of a ceasefire signed in August. Hamas, which breached numerous ceasefires during the operation, denied responsibility for the attack and later announced it had arrested the perpetrators.

The sides were supposed to resume Egyptian mediated talks on a permanent ceasefire, but Egypt announced this week that the talks would be postponed until mid-November.

Yeahhhhhh, bout that. Talked to a friend yesterday, he says it never happened.

So I'm not sure if that's accurate.

Gaza Fires Rocket Which Strikes Southern Israel Breaking

Gaza rocket hits southern Israel causing no damage or injuries - army - World The Star Online

 

[Lipush]

I'm aware of it, but again, I talked to a friend who lives in Eshkol, and he's more credible than most of the Israeli sources, and his exact response was "Kishkush"... Nonsense.

I'll be the first to report something like that, but I'm afraid not this time.

 

[toastman]

And Israel should disregard it's security???????

Publish: 10/31/2014, 10:22 PM
Reuters

A rocket from Gaza was fired on Friday night towards the Eshkol region in southern Israel.

The rocket was detected by the IDF’s tracking system. It exploded in an open region, likely within Gaza and not in Israeli territory, and for this reason the “red alert” rocket siren was not heard.

There were no reports of physical injuries or damages.

Friday’s incident marks the second time since the end of last summer’s Operation Protective Edge that Gaza terrorists have attempted rocket fire towards Israel.

Last month, a mortar attack was launched by Gazan terrorists against southern Israel, in breach of a ceasefire signed in August. Hamas, which breached numerous ceasefires during the operation, denied responsibility for the attack and later announced it had arrested the perpetrators.

The sides were supposed to resume Egyptian mediated talks on a permanent ceasefire, but Egypt announced this week that the talks would be postponed until mid-November.

No damage or anything, Israel's word, not trustworthy.

Ob shut up. Palestinian wors is the least trustworthy of all.

 

[toastman]

And Israel should disregard it's security???????

Publish: 10/31/2014, 10:22 PM
Reuters

A rocket from Gaza was fired on Friday night towards the Eshkol region in southern Israel.

The rocket was detected by the IDF’s tracking system. It exploded in an open region, likely within Gaza and not in Israeli territory, and for this reason the “red alert” rocket siren was not heard.

There were no reports of physical injuries or damages.

Friday’s incident marks the second time since the end of last summer’s Operation Protective Edge that Gaza terrorists have attempted rocket fire towards Israel.

Last month, a mortar attack was launched by Gazan terrorists against southern Israel, in breach of a ceasefire signed in August. Hamas, which breached numerous ceasefires during the operation, denied responsibility for the attack and later announced it had arrested the perpetrators.

The sides were supposed to resume Egyptian mediated talks on a permanent ceasefire, but Egypt announced this week that the talks would be postponed until mid-November.

No damage or anything, Israel's word, not trustworthy.

So if Israel had been hit and Israelis killed you would believe "Israel's word"?

No I believe very little of what Israel says in their papers.

But you swallow every bullshit the Palestinians say in theirs.

LOL. Stupid girl.

The Pals stories are often the same as Jordan's, now Israel mainly creates the news and others report it. No I don't believe everything to the t, but yes I have found their stories to be more trustworthy. Take Israel, every paper had the infant child story different, we don't even know who the father is, also their fake pics are hilarious. The guy who did CPR, when you said no CPR was done. Now which paper am I to believe. I do not believe there was an infant. I still can't find any news about the parents other than the original.

They said the red hair guy was shot what 4 or was it 5 times in the back and all missed the spine, I find that very hard to believe as well. See your stories are exaggerated and the timing of most of them are predicable and just right at a time when a tragedy is needed. Your stories are predicable, as they are mainly created.

So much crap in just one post.