Another reason to punish those parties in the current Israeli government in elections tomorrow -- after the mini-war in Gaza, the rockets have returned (they never really stopped), except now Ashkelon is included in the list of regular targets as well.
In response to the rocket attacks on the Sha'ar HaNegev region and on the outskirts of Ashkelon yesterday, the
Israeli Air Force attacked 2 empty buildings in Gaza last night:
Israel Air Force F-16 planes strafed two Hamas terrorist positions, including a police station, in Khan Yunis in south-central Gaza, in the pre-dawn hours Monday. No injuries were reported, but the targets sustained damage.
The retaliation was a continuation of the government's... policy to strike back at pinpointed targets every time terrorists in Gaza attack Israel. Two Kassam rockets hit the country on Sunday.
The message to Hamas is clear: we could hurt you, but we won't.
The Jerusalem Post reports that
Ashkelon municipality has requested rocket-proof reinforcement for some of the city's schools:
Hours after the rocket fell, the city's municipality reiterated a request to the Home Front Command to implement a plan to protect educational facilities through rocket-proof reinforcement structures.
Ten schools and 22 kindergartens have no protection whatsoever against rocket attacks, Ashkelon Deputy Mayor Shlomo Cohen said, adding that the ongoing rockets fired at the city came as no surprise to local authority heads.
Hundreds of thousands of people now live in the range of rockets from Gaza. Wouldn't it be easier and make more sense to do what it takes to uproot the rocket threat rather than try and reinforce every building and playground in southern Israel?
