News | 2 Tammuz 5768, July 5, '08 | |
![]() Jerusalem's Gilo neighborhood ![]() Check It Out More ![]() | Published: 03/02/08, 9:09 AM Attacks Widen: Netivot, Psagot and Jerusalem Under Fireby Ezra HaLevi (IsraelNN.com) The city of Netivot, in the western Negev, as well as the southern Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo came under fire Saturday night after midnight. A Grad-type Katyusha rocket was fired from Gaza, landing in the Negev town of Netivot before dawn Sunday morning. It landed near the grave of famed Morrocan Jewish Kabbalist Rabbi Yisrael Abuhatzeira, the Baba Sali, in an open field. No injuries or damage were reported, though the landing was only the second in Netivot's recent history, bringing the residents of another large town within regular firing-range of the new rocket-arsenal from Gaza. Posters around Netivot prior to the 2005 Disengagement warned residents that a Gaza withdrawal would lead to their homes being shelled. Gilo Back in the Firing Line Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has revived the PA and authorized armed Fatah members to operate in Bethlehem and the Beit Jallah suburb. Terrorists Fire on Community of Psagot Psagot is on the outskirts of Ramallah, the seat of power of the Fatah branch of the Palestinian Authority. Fatah is controlled by PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and receives millions of dollars in funding and weapons training from the United States. Earlier Saturday, Arabs threw Molotov cocktails at soldiers in Hevron. An Arab man who attempted to throw a bomb at soldiers in Beit Oumar was wounded when the bomb blew up in his hand; he was taken to an Israeli hospital for treatment. Gaza Expellees Get Warning Siren, Still No Shelter “There is no protection in the area and no option to hide. We are exposed to fire and to danger with no possibility to seek protection anywhere,” a spokesman for the community said Saturday. A rocket that landed on a caravan last week destroyed the caravan completely, he added. Ashkelon Preemies Taken to Reinforced Rooms Several people were wounded in rocket strikes in Ashkelon on Saturday. The decision to move some immobile patients to sheltered rooms was seen as a lesson from the Second Lebanon War, when many rocket attack victims were taken to hospitals that were not reinforced against rocket attacks. Click here to receive our free Daily Israel Report © A7 Syndications - This article may not be republished freely. Written and oral arrangements prior to April, 2007 must be reconfirmed. If you are republishing A7 material, please contact us promptly.
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