Israel reports first Gaza missile strike since September

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Isarel hamas flagsA rocket fired from the Gaza Strip has struck southern Israel in the first such attack since September, the Israeli military reported.

It said air raid sirens were sounded in the Eshkol region bordering the Palestinian territory.

Security forces are searching the area to determine where the rocket landed.

In September a rocket landed on the border fence.

Israel fought a 50-day war this summer with Hamas, the Palestinian militant group that controls Gaza.

Hamas launched thousands of rockets and mortars towards Israel, which carried out an aerial campaign and a ground invasion.

The Gaza war left more than 2,100 Palestinians dead, according to Palestinian and UN officials.

On the Israeli side, 66 soldiers and six civilians were killed.

Meanwhile, clashes erupted between Palestinian protesters and Israeli forces at a West Bank military checkpoint and near the village of Turmus Aya. There were no injuries reported.

The village was the site of a Palestinian-Israeli scuffle earlier this month during which Palestinian Cabinet minister Ziad Abu Ain collapsed. He later died en route to hospital.

Palestinian and Israeli pathologists subsequently disagreed over the cause of Abu Ain’s death. The Palestinian expert said the cause of death was a “blow,” while his Israeli colleague said Abu Ain died of a heart attack.

In other developments, the Israeli military relaxed travel restrictions for Palestinian Christians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip for the Christmas holiday season, saying it granted 700 permits for Gazans to travel to Israel, the West Bank and Jordan.

Israel said it was also allowing West Bank Christians to travel to Israel, permitting 500 of them to visit their families in the Gaza Strip, subject to security checks.

Israel restricts Palestinians in the two territories from entering the country without special permits, citing security concerns. Travel between the territories is also restricted but those bans are usually relaxed for Christians during the holiday season.

The army also said it would expand the working hours at military checkpoints to allow pilgrims from around the world faster access to the West Bank city of Bethlehem during Christmas.

Independent IE

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3 responses to “Israel reports first Gaza missile strike since September”

  1. 5thDrawer Avatar

    Very slow fuse on that one.

  2. In Malmo detonated two cars in the neighborhood of immigrants

  3. Rocket attacks on Israel from the Gaza Strip:

    (statistics are taken into account only the rocket attacks, but indicated the total number of victims of rocket and mortar attacks, accounted rockets fell in Israeli territory)

    2014-th year.

    December: 1 fire, 1 rocket. No one was injured (as of December 20).

    November: 1 fire, 1 rocket. No one was injured.

    October: attacks are not fixed.

    September: 1 fire, 1 rocket. No one was injured.

    August: 464 bombardment, 1,025 missiles, 229 missile shot down missile defense system “Iron Dome”. 2 dead, 53 wounded.

    July: 900 attacks, 2,462 rockets – 12 killed, 63 wounded. 559 missiles shot down missile defense system “Iron Dome”.

    June 31 fire 68 missiles – 3 wounded. 11 missiles shot down missile defense system “Iron Dome”.

    May 4 fire 4 rockets – there were no injuries.

    April 9 attacks, 17 missiles – there were no injuries.

    March 19 attacks, 78 missiles – there were no injuries. 3 missiles were shot down missile defense system “Iron Dome”.

    February 10 attacks, 10 missiles – there were no injuries.

    January: 11 attacks, 19 missiles – there were no injuries. 5 missiles were shot down missile defense system.

    2013th year. 31 fire 48 rockets. Dead and injured is not. 3 missile shot down missile defense system.

    2012-th year. 794 bombardment, 2,078 rockets – 6 dead, 107 wounded. 520 missile defense system shot down.

    2011 year. 229 attacks, about 390 rockets – 3 dead, 38 wounded. 34 missiles were shot down missile defense system.

    The year 2010. 86 attacks, about 100 rockets – 1 dead, 2 injured.

    2009 year. 302 fire about 570 rockets – 42 wounded.

    The year 2008. 560 attacks, about 1,490 rockets – 7 killed, 162 wounded.

    2007 year. 437 attacks, about 760 missiles – 2 killed, 125 wounded.

    2006 year. 580 attacks, about 1,020 missiles – 2 dead, 36 wounded.

    2005 year. 123 fire about 270 rockets – 6 dead, 26 wounded.

    The year 2004. 118 attacks, about 260 missiles – 5 dead, 46 wounded.

    The year 2003. 80 attacks, about 100 rockets – there were no injuries.

    The year 2002. 17 attacks, about 20 rockets – there were no injuries.

    The year 2001. 5 shelling, 5 rockets – there were no injuries.

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