Ann wrote:
As I wrote earlier, Israel's self-imposed unilateral cease fire went into effect at 2 o'clock this morning. Within minutes 2 rockets were fired at the Israeli cities of Ashdod and Ashkelon. Between 8 and 9:30 this morning another 6 rockets were fired into Israel. There have been several reports of exchanges of gun fire.
The army has been given orders that they can fire on the enemy if the enemy fires first, but we are not to initiate any actions. Our blowhard PM also said last night that if rockets were fired into Israel we would react harshly. Since there have been at least 8 rockets since then, I guess my definition of "harsh" is different than his. The air force did fire at the areas where the rockets were fired from, but nothing more than that.
Two hundred trucks of food and medical supplies are on their way to the northern crossing point into Gaza. Israel is also setting up a field hospital/clinic in Gaza to provide medical care for the citizens of Gaza. It will be supplied and staffed by Israel, many of them volunteers.
A
Showing posts with label rockets. Show all posts
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Sunday, January 18, 2009
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
North - update
Ann wrote:
About 9 o'clock this morning 3 katushya rockets fell near the city of Kiryat Shmonah, which is near the border with Lebanon north of us. The rockets fell in fields around the city. The army immediately fired artillery rounds into the area where the rockets came from. In the hour since then it has been quiet, but everyone in the area has been asked to stay in or next to their bomb shelters until further notice. Even the regional courthouse is holding trials in the bomb shelter!
At about the same time, there was an exchange of gunfire on the Lebanese border near the coastal city of Nahariya.
No one has yet claimed responsibility for the rockets, which means that they probably weren't fired by the Hisballah. There are plenty of small Palestinian militias which operate in the area, and it was probably one of them. However, none of them operate without the complicit sanction of Hisballah, which controls the area.
What is worrying is that the rockets were fired from the area of Marjdayoun and the Hazbani in southern Lebanon, which is up on a natural bench north of the border near Banyas / Tel Dan. This is territory which is technically under the auspices and control of the multinational UN peacekeeping force which was placed there to keep the peace after the 2006 war.
Yaron's school is next to the city. His teacher just called to tell us that as soon as the siren sounded they got all the children down into the bombshelters, and they will stay there until the army tells them it is safe to come out. The bomb shelters have food, water, bathrooms, etc. She said Yaron is very calm and is giving a lecture on the history of warfare to the other students, who are all sitting around him in rapt attention. He loves an audience! He also has an encyclopedia and another book with him, so he is fine.
I'll keep you posted.
A
About 9 o'clock this morning 3 katushya rockets fell near the city of Kiryat Shmonah, which is near the border with Lebanon north of us. The rockets fell in fields around the city. The army immediately fired artillery rounds into the area where the rockets came from. In the hour since then it has been quiet, but everyone in the area has been asked to stay in or next to their bomb shelters until further notice. Even the regional courthouse is holding trials in the bomb shelter!
At about the same time, there was an exchange of gunfire on the Lebanese border near the coastal city of Nahariya.
No one has yet claimed responsibility for the rockets, which means that they probably weren't fired by the Hisballah. There are plenty of small Palestinian militias which operate in the area, and it was probably one of them. However, none of them operate without the complicit sanction of Hisballah, which controls the area.
What is worrying is that the rockets were fired from the area of Marjdayoun and the Hazbani in southern Lebanon, which is up on a natural bench north of the border near Banyas / Tel Dan. This is territory which is technically under the auspices and control of the multinational UN peacekeeping force which was placed there to keep the peace after the 2006 war.
Yaron's school is next to the city. His teacher just called to tell us that as soon as the siren sounded they got all the children down into the bombshelters, and they will stay there until the army tells them it is safe to come out. The bomb shelters have food, water, bathrooms, etc. She said Yaron is very calm and is giving a lecture on the history of warfare to the other students, who are all sitting around him in rapt attention. He loves an audience! He also has an encyclopedia and another book with him, so he is fine.
I'll keep you posted.
A
Katushyas in the north of Israel (near us)
Ann wrote:
It is now 9 in the morning on Wednesday. The Israeli news has just reported that 2 katushya rockets - fired from Lebanon - have fallen near Kiryat Shmonah in northern Israel. Kiryat Shmonah is about 3 miles from the border with Lebanon, and less than a mile from where my youngest son is right now in school. It is 25 miles from where I live, and about 35 miles from Tiberius, where our branch meets.
It is now five minutes later and another one has just fallen. Everyone in the area of KS, including all the school kids, are now in or on their way to the bomb shelters. This is pretty well what happened in 2006. It started in the south, and a couple of weeks later it came to the north. Prayers are always appreciated!
A
It is now 9 in the morning on Wednesday. The Israeli news has just reported that 2 katushya rockets - fired from Lebanon - have fallen near Kiryat Shmonah in northern Israel. Kiryat Shmonah is about 3 miles from the border with Lebanon, and less than a mile from where my youngest son is right now in school. It is 25 miles from where I live, and about 35 miles from Tiberius, where our branch meets.
It is now five minutes later and another one has just fallen. Everyone in the area of KS, including all the school kids, are now in or on their way to the bomb shelters. This is pretty well what happened in 2006. It started in the south, and a couple of weeks later it came to the north. Prayers are always appreciated!
A
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