Sticky post. Please scroll down for new posts and updates. For other liveblogging, see The Muqata. After a day of fighting in which an IDF soldier was killed and more than 40 were injured, soldiers began searching for weapon caches, terrorist infrastructure and terrorists, clashing with terrorists firing mortar shells and grenade launchers at IDF [...]
I am now back on my computer after a relatively peaceful Shabbat down south near Be’er Sheva, with no hint of the current conflict except for the more-than-occasional fighter jet flying overhead, conversations about the situation, and the fact that the synagogue in which I prayed doubles as a bomb shelter. While I was enjoying [...]
It has been a relatively quiet night, with no additional rockets being fired in to Israel since we last met. From our side, the IAF has continued to strike terror-related targets, including 15 Hamashole houses, and another mosque used for prayers as a storage facility for arms (a large amount of Grad missiles, Qassam rockets [...]
After a day in which they hit 25 terror-related targets, the IAF continued to go after the terror infrastructure, hitting three government buildings and reportedly injuring 25 people. One of the targets was the home of appropriately named Hamashole leader, Abu Anas Chabana, but it seems he was not home at the time. At least [...]
Yesterday saw palestinian terrorists send 50+ rockets into Israel, including the Be’er Sheva region, representing the furthest point eastward which a palestinian rocket has managed to reach. Thankfully, no-one was killed, but 34 people were sent in to shock in the Be’er Sheva attack alone. While Hamas have stated their intention to fire rockets even [...]
Sticky post. Please scroll down for new posts and updates. For other liveblogging, see The Muqata. The IAF renewed their air strikes early this morning, reportedly dropping at least 16 bombs on Hamas government buildings and security compounds, killing 10 and injuring more than 40. For their part, the terrorists are trying to draw Israel [...]
Sticky post. Please scroll down for new posts and updates. For other liveblogging, see The Muqata. Since we last met, the IAF has continued with its targeted strikes of terrorist infrastructure, bombing the Islamic University (two laboratories were used to store rockets and explosives – science lessons can be so much fun!) and a government [...]
