Rocket Fire

There has been much activity in Israel this past week. Hamas has been firing grad missiles and qassam rockets into Israel.

In Response to Rocket Fire, IAF Targets Terror Sites Across Gaza Strip

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Israel Defense Forces

Overnight, IAF aircraft targeted two terror tunnels, two weapons manufacturing and storage facilities and two additional terror activity sites across the Gaza Strip. Direct hits were confirmed.

The terror tunnels were intended for the infiltration of terrorists into Israeli territory and for the execution of terror attacks against Israeli civilians and IDF soldiers.

The targeting of these sites was in response to the barrage of mortar shells, Qassam and Grad rockets fired from Gaza at the Israeli home front over the past week.

Over 130 mortar shells, Qassam rockets and Grad rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip and landed in Israeli territory since the beginning of the year, 56 of which were fired just this week.

The IDF will not allow the Israeli southern communities to continue living under constant threat, and will respond with determination to any attempt to use terror against the citizens of Israel. The IDF holds the Hamas terrorist organization solely responsible for any terrorist activity emanating from the Gaza Strip.

The IDF warns Hamas not to continue its aggression.

This morning a Grad Missile hit 5km south from the center of Ashdod:

A number of hours ago, a Grad missile which was fired from the Gaza Strip
landed 5 km south of the center of Ashdod. Over 200,000 Israeli residents
live in Ashdod, a port city in southern Israel.

An Israeli Air Force (IAF) aircraft targeted a terrorist in the northern
Gaza Strip, in the same location from which the Grad missile was fired
towards Ashdod. A hit was confirmed.

Please Pray:

The Jewish people still fight for survival. They are surrounded by enemies within their borders and without, yet their desire and hope for peace remains as constant as their enemies' desire for their destruction. Psalm 121:4 "Behold He who keeps Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep."

Zechariah 2:5 "For I," says the Lord, "will be a wall of fire all around her, and I will be the glory in her midst."

Psalm 91:4-6 "He will cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday."

portions taken from the Israel Defense Force Blog