Mortar Shells that Struck Negev Contained Phosphorus
January 2, 2012, Tevet 7, 5772
by Gil Ronen
The two mortar shells that Gaza terrorists fired at the western Negev Sunday morning contained phosphorus – a substance that causes burns upon contact with human skin. Police sappers discovered the substance upon analyzing the exploded shells.
The Gaza Arabs have fired phosphorus shells in the past. The last time this occurred was in August, when a mortar shell containing the substance was fired at Kerem Shalom.
In March as well, a barrage of shells from Gaza included shells that held phosphorus.
International law forbids the use of phosphorus against anything but a military target that is isolated from civilian population.
Israel was accused of using phosphorus shells at one point in Gaza during its Cast Lead counter-terror operation in late 2008 and early 2009.
Israel explained that the shells were used in an emergency situation, in which Givati Brigade soldiers were trapped in a dangerous situation and had to be extricated.
Two Rocket Attacks Break Hamas ‘Ceasefire’ Pledge
by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
Jan 26 '11, Shevat 21, 5771
Two Kassam missile attacks on a Negev kibbutz Tuesday evening broke Hamas’s promise to halt all terrorist attacks. No injuries or damage were reported, and the IDF has not retaliated – yet.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/141745
Two weeks ago, fearing a repeat of the three-week Operation Cast Lead counterterrorist campaign that ended in January 2009, Hamas pledged to pull the reins on it terrorists and those of rival groups who were staging daily rocket, mortar and roadside attacks on Israeli civilians and soldiers.
The Gaza area had been relatively free from aerial attacks since then, except for a couple of mortar and Kassam attacks. On the ground, terrorists have continued to try to plant roadside bombs at the Gaza security/separation fence, although the number has declined. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/141664
The Israeli military has carried out a tit-for-tat retaliation policy for nearly two years, striking Hamas following every terrorist attack. However, the IDF escalated its counterterrorist operations earlier this month by bombing Hamas terrorist outposts for the first time since the end of Cast Lead. Previous retaliation had been limited to striking weapons manufacturing factories, smuggling tunnels and “ticking bombs,”, a term which refers to terrorists preparing bomb or rocket attacks.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/141806
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/news.aspx/138983
Last year, Gaza-based terrorists fired nearly 250 Grad missiles, Kassam rockets and mortar shells on Israelis, in addition to hundreds of attempts to plant roadside bombs, designed to explode during IDF patrols.
27 juni 2010
Toen in 2009 Gush Katif ontruimd werd in belang van de vrede tussen Israel en de PA, zijn alle boeren per direct het gebied uitgezet. Aangeboden hulp om de bedrijven overeind te houden met de Gazanen samen, werd niet aangenomen. De bedrijven werden in een aantal gevallen ook nog eens met de grond gelijk gemaakt. De Gazanen konden het zelf allemaal wel opnieuw opbouwen.... Alle aangeboden technieken zijn afgeslagen. Nu, dat opbouwen is gebeurd maar met hulp van Amerikaanse christenen die het erg vonden wat er was gebeurd (zonder de realiteit te kennen). Nu, anno 2010, stond het volgende artikeel in Israel-actueel.
Ex-Gush Katifbewoners aangeklaagd
Inwoners van Gaza spannen een rechtszaak aan tegen de voormalige boeren van Gush Katif. Het gaat om Arabieren die met de ontruiming van Gaza hun banen bij hun Joodse werkgevers zijn verloren. Ze vinden dat ze recht hebben op een ontslagvergoeding en vergoeding voor andere werknemersvoordelen die hun ontvallen zijn. De Arabieren zijn niet onder de indruk van het verweer: ' We hebben jullie niet ontslagen, de overheid stopte onze boerderijen en bedrijven'. De claims vam alle rechtzaken samen is honderden miljoenen shekels...
Opmerking webbeheerder: Deze situatie is zo ongelooflijk krom, dat ik het nu maar eens bij de naam genoemd heb. Vervolgens is de situatie alleen maar krommer geworden met alle beschietingen die daarna begonnen zijn....
What You Need To Know about Kassams
Mon May 25 2009 09:26:21
Background on Kassam Missiles
Missile fire against Sderot and the western Negev began in January 2001. For the past 8 years, over 10,000 rockets have been launched towards Sderot and the western Negev. The Kassam rockets have claimed the lives of 28 Israelis; 9 of which were residents of Sderot, and 3 of whom were children. In addition, over 600 Israeli citizens have been injured and thousands have been psychologically traumatized by the rocket explosions. The rockets have damaged countless homes and properties in Sderot and thewestern Negev.
Sderot is located approximately 2.5 km away from Gaza, and absorbs most of the missiles fired from Gaza. The rockets have forced thousands of Sderot residents to leave the city and relocate elsewhere in Israel.
The Kassam Missile
The short range Kassam missile was developed by the Hamas terrorist organization, with the aid of Iran, Hizbullah, and the Palestinian Authority. The rocket was named after the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, itself named after an Islamic Mujahid who led a Palestinian group in the 1930s.
The Kassam missile, which can reach to a distance of 20 km, is fueled by a mixture of potassium nitrate and sugar (solid propellant). Kassam missiles are manufactured and deployed primarily in the Gaza Strip. However, the IDF has seized Kassam missiles in Palestinian areas of the West Bank.
Due to the fact that they're cheap, easy to manufacture, and simple to transport and operate, the Kassam missile is used as the main weapon of terror against Israeli civilians by Palestinian terrorist operatives. Hamas and other terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip use elementary technology to produce large quantities of rockets, which give them the ability to attack the Israeli populace in the western Negev at any time.
Palestinian terrorists employ various methods including Google Earth, to fire Qassams towards civilian targets. The IDF cannot effectively respond to rocket launchers due to the fact that 97% rockets are fired from civilian populated areas in Gaza, often nearby schools, hospitals and mosques.
Mortar Shells
More than 2,500 mortar shells were fired between 2001 and November 2007. 
Their short range made them effective before the disengagement, especially when they were aimed at Jewish communities and IDF forces located in the Gaza Strip. In the absence of Israeli targets after the disengagement, there was a sharp decrease in mortar fire.
However, since April 2007, terrorist organizations have begun to make greater use of mortar shells, especially Hamas. Mortar rockets are aimed at IDF forces operating in the Gaza Strip and along the security fence, at the crossings (especially Kerem Shalom) and at the Israeli communities close to the security fence, such as Netiv Ha'asara, Kibbutz Kerem Shalom and Kibbutz Nahal Oz. In the year 2008, Palestinian mortar fire claimed the lives of 3 Israeli civilians living on local kibbutzim.
Katuysha Rockets
Because the Katuysha rocket is much more advanced both in distance and design than the Kassam, Katuysha rockets are used to target heavily populated Israeli cities like Ashkelon. Iranian-produced, 122mm Grad Katuysha rockets launched from Gaza have landed countless times in both industrial and residential areas of Ashkelon. In March 2008, a Katyusha rocket hit a busy Ashkelon mall, physically and psychologically wounding over 90 Israelis.
Palestinian Terrorist Groups in Gaza
Since Hamas's takeover of Gaza in mid-June 2007 to December 2007, there have been 475 missiles and 635 mortar shells launched at Israeli cities. Hamas rockets are identified by their red and green coloring Palestinian Islamic Jihad is affiliated with the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, and is believed to be funded by Hezbollah, Syria and Iran. The armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, the Al- Quds brigade, fires missiles towards Sderot and the Western Negev on a regular basis. The organization produces the Al- Quds Kassam missiles (types 1, 2 and 3), which are identified by their red and yellow coloring.
Al-Aqsa Martyr Brigades, the armed military wing of Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah party, frequently carries out missile attacks against Israel. In February 2008, the terrorist faction carried out a suicide bombing in the southern Israeli city of Dimona. Their missiles are identified by yellow coloring with Arabic writing. The U.S. State department identifies Al-Aqsa Martyr Brigades as a terrorist organization.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1127653652241016730#docid=-8197889996203197996
The Sderot Media Center
The Sderot Media Center works in two domains:
As an informational body, SMC works with local and foreign media, and with diplomatic representatives. The organization aims to balance media and global public opinion of Israel, by presenting the voices of local Sderot residents and documenting their stories. SMC distributes movies, articles, investigative reports via SMC's website, www.sderotmedia.org.il, generating international awareness to the weekly rocket attacks on the region.
SMC also conducts visits for students, ambassadors, journalists, and private people to Sderot, enabling outsiders to view up-close the security situation of Sderot residents. SMC also initiates social advocacy and community projects for Sderot. Examples of past projects include the "Shotetut" photo gallery where Sderot children were given cameras to document life under rocket fire. At the conclusion of the project, a photo gallery featuring the photographs taken by the Sderot children was opened for visitors. SMC has also established a campaign to form a Knesset Members' committee that will represent local residents who seek fair compensation from the Israel Tax Authorities for properties damaged by Kassam rockets. Finally, SMC recently held a "Creative Writing" Project for the Sderot community, where local residents of all ages wrote poems, songs and short stories, expressing their experience with rockets and what life in Sderot and the Negev region entails.
Gaza Terrorists Break Pledge, Bombard Negev with Mortars
by Hana Levi Julian
09-04-2010
Terrorists in northern Gaza fired six mortar shells at Jewish communities in Israel's western Negev early Wednesday morning, several days after promising to stop attacking civilians.
Initial reports said the explosives had struck locations within the Eshkol Regional Council area, although at least one other report said the shells had landed within Gaza. No one was injured and no damage was reported.
The attacks came despite assurances from the Gazan Authority's ruling Hamas terrorist faction last Friday that it had no desire to continue rocket attacks into Israel, and that it had convened a council of terror groups in an effort to curb the firing on the Negev. The Islamic Jihad terrorist group had announced on Monday that it agreed to the ban.
The latest attacks aimed at Israeli civilians may reflect internal pressures in Hamas, which is suffering a financial crisis due to the three-year-old international ban on transferring funds to the terrorist authority, which Israel holds responsible for all activity in the territory over which Hamas has maintained a chokehold since winning a militia war against the rival Fatah faction in June 2007.
Successful lawsuits on behalf of terror victims have compelled the terror group to pay out millions of dollars in compensation, compounding the group's financial problems. That, plus difficulties with “importing” replacements for the ordnance fired over nearly a decade at Israel's southern communities, due to the blockade implemented by Jerusalem at the Gaza crossings and around the region's coastline, have further complicated its ability to wage war against the Jewish State.
In other security news, IDF troops arrested four wanted PA terror suspects overnight. Two were caught near Jericho, and the other two were captured in Samaria, in an area northwest of Ramallah.
Which country accept that it will be hit again and again by kassams and will not defend itself? Even if the marges are small because of the eye of the UN and the world, you can not accept that your nabour wants to kill your people and your nation....
http://wejew.com/media/7044/The_Sderot_Dove_Peace_Against_Hate/