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发帖数: 92 | 1 1,750 rockets and 1,528 mortar bombs fired from the Gaza Strip struck
southern Israel in 2008
From IICC report: Rocket and mortar shell fire from the Gaza Strip
continues as the Palestinian terrorist organizations' preferred form of
attack. In 2007, 896 hits were identified in Israeli territory, compared
with 946 in 2006, the year with the largest number. The trend continues
in 2008. In May 2007 alone Palestinians launched some 300 Kassam rockets
from Gaza at Sderot and the western Negev. Hamas openly claimed
responsibility for the attack.
During the past two years there was a substantial increase in rocket
fire compared with 2001-2005, the years before the disengagement (222 in
2005 and 268 in 2004). There was also a significant increase in the
amount of mortar shell fire, another continuing trend. Rocket and mortar
shell fire is relatively less lethal than suicide bombing attacks but
has a devastating effect on the daily life and sense of security of the
200,000 residents of the western Negev.
The damage done by rockets to the civilian population of Sderot and
other western Negev population centers cannot be measured only
statistically in terms of dead and wounded. Studies done in recent years
showed that the continued rocket fire and the large number of shock
victims have led to post traumatic stress disorder among many of
Sderot's residents (close to 30%). It influences their mental health and
seriously damages the quality of their lives.
Most of the rockets are locally manufactured and have an approximate
maximum range of 9 kilometers (6 miles), although some have a range of
12.5 kilometers (7 ¾ miles). In addition, also launched were a number
of
standard 122 mm rockets with a range of 20.4 kilometers (12 2/3 miles)
which had been smuggled into the Gaza Strip.
In 2007 Hamas accelerated the military buildup of its military-terrorist
wing, the Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades , which focuses on terrorist
attacks against Israel and defense against the IDF; and of the internal
security apparatus (i.e., the Executive Force integrated into the
police), Hamas's main arm for internal control, which supports the
Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades. Hamas's military buildup is manifested in a
variety of ways: an increase in training (including sending operatives
to Iran and Syria), improving its underground tunnel system, acquiring
weapons and smuggling them into the Gaza Strip (especially standard
rockets and advanced anti-tank missiles) and developing and
manufacturing weapons (improving the range and penetration of rockets,
manufacturing powerful explosive devices and anti-tank weapons, etc.).
The buildup is made possible by the Iranian and Syrian support of Hamas
(and the other terrorist organizations), partly the result of the
Egyptian government's ineffective response, which did not prevent the
smuggling of weapons, money and terrorist operatives into the Gaza Strip
through Rafah Crossing and the tunnels dug under the Philadelphi Route. |
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