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Explanation of Bombing Area Targeted By Hamas - Video

Saturday, November 17, 2012 19:44

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Hamas said it has fired a long-range rocket at Jerusalem – the first time the holy city is thought to have been targeted by Gaza militants using such a weapon.

Israeli police said the rocket landed in an open area near Gush Ezion, a collection of Jewish settlements in the West Bank southeast of the city.

The rocket caused no damage or injuries, the Jewish state’s army said.

But an attack on what Israelis call their capital marks an escalation by Gaza militants, both for its symbolism and its distance from the Palestinian territory.

Located about 55 miles away from the Gaza border, Jerusalem had been thought to be beyond the range of Gaza rocket squads.

The armed wing of Hamas, Al Qassam Brigades, said on Twitter: “Al Qassam Brigades launch two M75 homemade missiles towards occupied Jerusalem.”

Four Palestinians have been killed in a new Israeli strike on Gaza, the Hamas health ministry spokesman said, as multiple new raids struck throughout the territory.

Twenty-eight Palestinians – including at least eight militants – have now been killed in the recent violence. Three Israelis were killed by a rocket on Thursday.

Israeli border police officers detain a Palestinian demonstrator Israeli police detain a Palestinian during clashes in Jerusalem’s Old City

Earlier on Friday, there was a second rocket attack by Palestinian militants on Tel Aviv in 24 hours.

Air raid sirens went off in the centre of Israel’s largest city on Friday afternoon and people were forced to scramble for cover. There were no reports of any injuries and it is thought to have landed in the sea.

A witness told AFP that the rocket landed some “some 200 metres (yards)” from the beachfront US embassy.

The attack sparked panic among beachgoers, although several people tried to swim out to the point where the rocket landed, the witness said.

“We are sending a short and simple message: There is no security for any Zionist on any single inch of Palestine and we plan more surprises,” Abu Obeida, spokesman for the Hamas militant wing, said of the rockets aimed at Israel’s two main cities.

It was the second day in a row that a rocket from Gaza had reached the Tel Aviv area in what Israeli networks said was the first time rockets had been fired at the city since the 1991 Gulf War, when it was hit by Iraqi Scud missiles.

On Thursday, another rocket fell in the sea and the other landed in a Tel Aviv suburb, causing no damage or casualties. Israel responded with airstrikes.

The latest rocket came as the Israeli air force continued a major bombing campaign across Gaza Strip as it targeted suspected rocket launching sites.

Senior Israeli cabinet minister Moshe Yaalon warned that Israel was considering a ground operation in order to stamp out rocket fire.

Hisham Kandil (L) and senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh Hisham Kandil (L) and senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh during the visit

“We are preparing all the military options, including the possibility that forces will be ready to enter Gaza in the event that the firing doesn’t stop,” he wrote in a series of postings on his official Twitter account.

There were fresh exchanges of fire between Israel and Hamas militants on Friday despite a temporary ceasefire in place for a visit by Egypt’s prime minister Hisham Kandil to Gaza.

Several sites in southern Israel have been hit by rockets fired from inside the Gaza Strip, while a Hamas source said the Israeli air force attacked a Hamas commander’s house which resulted in the death of two civilians, one a child.

But Israel’s military strongly denied carrying out any attack from the time Mr Kandil entered Gaza, and accused Hamas of violating the three-hour deal.

During his visit, the Egyptian PM condemned Israeli action against Gaza as “unacceptable aggression”, saying his country will intensify efforts to secure a truce in the conflict.

“This tragedy cannot pass in silence and the world should take responsibility in stopping this aggression,” he said at a news conference in Gaza City’s Shifa hospital after seeing some victims from an airstrike.

“Egypt will not hesitate to intensify its efforts and make sacrifices to stop this aggression and achieve a lasting truce.”

Map shows Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Gaza City

His visit comes as 16,000 Israeli army reservists have been called up and heavy artillery has been seen on the Gaza border, increasing the possibility of a ground attack.

Israel has given the green light to the call-up of up to 30,000 army reservists, and it was later revealed the country’s government is seeking ministerial approval to recruit up to 75,000 reserve soldiers.

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