After two weeks of nearly complete Kassam quiet, and over a month of relative quiet, the Red Dawn early-warning system alarm sounded throughout the city of Sderot and nearby areas this morning. Three rockets smashed into the city streets shortly after 8 AM, damaging several buildings. One Kassam landed not far from a school in Kibbutz Shaar HaNegev.
It had been reported earlier today that Hamas Authority Chairman Ismail Haniye had ordered an end to all Kassam rockets against Israel. So said leading Palestinian Authority figure Jibril Rajoub.
Kassams were fired on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week as well, landing in open areas.
The IDF has been operating in the Saja'iye neighborhood of Gaza City for the last several days, in Operation Locked Garden, killing over 20 terrorists and wounding 20 more. Among them were three armed terrorists killed last night in the midst of trying to perpetrate an attack against Israel. In addition, two Kassam launchers in Beit Hanoun, across the Gaza border from Sderot, were destroyed last night - including one from which a Kassam had been fired at Israel only hours before.
The Sderot Parents Committee announced that it would strike and not send their children to school this Sunday, the first day of school around the country. Chairperson Batya Katar told the Maariv-NRG website, "If there was any doubt until now, we now see clearly - after these rockets that only miraculously did not kill anyone - that the school year will not open on time in Sderot."
The parents have been demanding that the government fulfill its pledge to rocket-proof the roofs of the city's schools. As of now, the Sderot Municipality reports, some 40% of the schools have been reinforced. A spokesman told Arutz-7 that at least one large room in each of all six elementary schools has been protected, as have all 10 of the kindergartens; no work has been done on the local high schools.
The IDF arrested 12 wanted terrorists Wednesday night in Judea and Samaria, including members of Hamas, Islamic Jihad and other terror groups.
It had been reported earlier today that Hamas Authority Chairman Ismail Haniye had ordered an end to all Kassam rockets against Israel. So said leading Palestinian Authority figure Jibril Rajoub.
Kassams were fired on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week as well, landing in open areas.
The IDF has been operating in the Saja'iye neighborhood of Gaza City for the last several days, in Operation Locked Garden, killing over 20 terrorists and wounding 20 more. Among them were three armed terrorists killed last night in the midst of trying to perpetrate an attack against Israel. In addition, two Kassam launchers in Beit Hanoun, across the Gaza border from Sderot, were destroyed last night - including one from which a Kassam had been fired at Israel only hours before.
The Sderot Parents Committee announced that it would strike and not send their children to school this Sunday, the first day of school around the country. Chairperson Batya Katar told the Maariv-NRG website, "If there was any doubt until now, we now see clearly - after these rockets that only miraculously did not kill anyone - that the school year will not open on time in Sderot."
The parents have been demanding that the government fulfill its pledge to rocket-proof the roofs of the city's schools. As of now, the Sderot Municipality reports, some 40% of the schools have been reinforced. A spokesman told Arutz-7 that at least one large room in each of all six elementary schools has been protected, as have all 10 of the kindergartens; no work has been done on the local high schools.
The IDF arrested 12 wanted terrorists Wednesday night in Judea and Samaria, including members of Hamas, Islamic Jihad and other terror groups.