Palestinian Rockets Hit Sderot

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Palestinians doing the only thing they know how to do – kill and maim Jews. From Palestinian Rockets Hit Sderot: Palestinians in Gaza fired a Kassam rocket that hit a high-voltage electricity pole, then landed on a house in Sderot Wednesday evening. The residents were inside a protected room and remained unharmed, but the electricity supply in some parts of the city was disrupted. Earlier, a Palestinian rocket hit the fourth floor of a Sderot building, damaging several apartments.

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Sderot Is Us

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From Sderot Is Us: Every night, Sderot Mayor Eli Moyal tours his city, checking the number of houses with lights on. At its height, Sderot had a population of 24,000, but now, with the refugees whom Hamas chased out being scattered throughout the country, no more than 10,000 people remain in the city. Sderot is the litmus test that will teach us what we can expect in the future. The struggle for Sderot should be viewed as a struggle for Israeli sovereignty. Sderot is all of us. We rise and fall with Sderot.

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Dodging Palestinian Rocket Fire in Sderot

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From Dodging Palestinian Rocket Fire in Sderot: The trick is to know, at all times, where you are relative to Gaza, where the rockets come from, says Sderot Fire Chief David Sheetrit. If you’re facing north, Gaza is on your left, and you need to hug the eastern side of a building, to keep the structure between you and the rockets. If you get this calculation wrong, you are exposing yourself to a direct hit. Sderot is turning into a city that never sleeps. Fear is everywhere. When you’re driving and the siren sounds, get out of the vehicle and

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Palistinians doing what they do best: Kassam rocket hits Sderot synagogue after Olmert visit

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From Kassam Hits Sderot Synagogue after Olmert Visit: At least three rockets landed in the southern town of Sderot at around midnight Thursday, one of them hitting a synagogue just minutes after the end of a celebration. A number of people suffered from shock and the building was damaged. The incident took place shortly after Prime Minister Ehud Olmert visited Sderot and heard the Color Red alert system being activated. From Barrage Continues: 9 Rockets Hit West Negev: Residents of Sderot and the west Negev woke up to another day of Palestinian rocket attacks Friday. A rocket hit a Sderot

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Palestinians doing what they do best

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From Palestinian Rocket Hits Israeli High School, Wounds Two: A high school in Israel was directly hit by a Palestinian rocket Thursday. Two people were lightly wounded in the attack, and several others suffered from shock. The rocket landed on an unfortified classroom, which was empty at the time. From Palestinian Bombardment of Sderot Continues Thursday: Kassam rockets continued to bombard Sderot on Thursday. By 9 a.m., four rocket hits had been reported. On Wednesday night, a Kassam rocket hit a four-story apartment building in the city. Another rocket hit a transformer, knocking out electricity in parts of the city.

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20 Israelis Wounded in Palestinian Rocket Barrages Tuesday

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From 20 Israelis Wounded in Palestinian Rocket Barrages Tuesday: More than 20 Kassam rockets fired by Palestinians in Gaza landed in the Sderot area Tuesday, in one of the most severe attacks on the town. One rocket directly hit a house, wounding a 45-year-old woman and her son. At least seven more rockets struck Israel on Wednesday morning. Schools will remain closed in Sderot and the western Negev following the escalation in rocket fire from Gaza.

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Video: Semi-protected Schools, Damaged Homes and Kassam Rockets: A Day in the Life of Sderot

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Via One Jerusalem: The city of Sderot is a city of 20,000 people located directly east of northern Gaza. In the last seven years, thousands of Kassam rockets have been fired from Palestinian homes, fields and schools onto Sderot. Residents of Sderot live in constant fear of falling rockets with only 15 seconds notice. For more on life in Sderot read Rick Richman. It is hard to fully appreciate the toll this bambardment actually takes on a city like Sderot. Click here for photos and video clips showing some of the Kassam rockets collected at the police department launched by

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Update: Eight Kassams on Tuesday

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Received by email:———-During the day, 7 Qassam missiles caused heavy damage, but no direct casualties. There was no Israeli return fire. The missiles exploded in built-up areas among cars in Sderot, hit a strategic facility south of Ashkelon for the second time in two days and landed in empty ground near Kibbutz Mordecai. The seventh landed wide of a military camp south of Ashkelon. DEBKAfile reports that Israeli military units can see the Palestinian missile crews, which have fired more than 60 missiles in the month-long ‘ceasefire’ But prime minister Ehud Olmet has ordered the military to hold its fire,

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