Iron Dome Intercepts Rocket Over Central Israel, Sirens Sound In Tel Aviv -- Jerusalem Post
Air raid siren sounds in Gush Dan region, including Tel Aviv, Rishon Lezion, Petah Tikva, Lod and Givatayim for first time amid recent Gaza escalations; Tel Aviv order to open public bomb shelters; no injuries
The Iron Dome rocket defense system intercepted a projectile near Tel Aviv over the city of Rishon Lezion on Tuesday evening, as air raid sirens sounded in central Israeli cities for the first time amid recent escalations.
No injuries or damage were reported in the attack.
Israeli television showed a double-burst of smoke in skies above Tel Aviv after air raid sirens sounded, sending residents running for shelter.
Air raid sirens sounded in all of Gush Dan, including Tel Aviv, Petah Tikva, Lod and Givatayim.
It was the first Gaza rocket that reached Tel Aviv since Operation Pillar of Defense in 2012.
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My Comment: The above video is very revealing on what is happening in Israel today. Attacking the suburbs of Tel Aviv is a line crossed .... this will now all but guarantee a major Israeli response.
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I'd like to share two articles within context of the above.
Watch the embedded clip which is only two and a bit minutes long:
http://bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-28198622
The second is an opinion article by David Horovitz titled "Why are we fighting with Gaza, again?"
http://www.timesofisrael.com/why-are-we-fighting-with-gaza-again/
I wanted to share these because they put forward in clear language what Israel faces every time it has to defend its citizens - no other country would allow similar circumstances to occur, yet Israel is urged restraint.
These three paragraphs from David's article sum it up for me..
"We’re still on Day One of what the Israeli army has dubbed Operation Protective Edge, and the contours of international thinking are already predictably clear: Since people are dying in Gaza and, as of this writing, nobody has been killed in Israel, plainly Israel’s response is an aggressive overreaction."...
..."That Israelis do not die in greater numbers has nothing to do with Hamas and the other terror groups. They’re doing their absolute best to kill us. They’ve been assiduously smuggling in and manufacturing weaponry so that they now have hundreds of missiles that can reach Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and beyond, while imploring the international community to end Israel’s security blockade so that they can import even more potent means to murder us.
We’ve not been dying in greater numbers only because Israel has maintained that blockade, at terrible cost to its international standing, and because rather than putting its citizens in the line of fire, Hamas-style, to win international sympathy, Israel has built alarm systems, and bomb shelters, and protected areas, and the world’s most sophisticated missile defense systems, to try to keep its people safe."
That's my rant over for the day :)
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