Ashdod under Rocket Attack as another 'Ceasefire’ Broken

Friday, April 15, 2011

ISRAELI FRONTLINE

Foreign reporters and camera crew take
cover during a rocket attack from Gaza

Two Grad missiles hit near the southern port city of Ashdod shortly before the Sabbath Friday afternoon, breaking another in a countless number of ceasefires announced by the de facto Hamas government in Gaza.

No was injured and no property damage was reported after the rocket attack ended only a couple of days of an unofficial truce. Hamas said it would not fire on Israelis if the IDF did not strike terrorists, even those who are “ticking bombs” and preparing to launch rockets.

The IDF had held its fire but also said it would not allow Hamas to use the unofficial truce as a cover for terrorist preparing to strike. Israel in the past has swiftly retaliated for almost tevery missile attack since several weeks after the Cast Lead counter-terrorist campaign two years ago.

The explosions near Ashdod represent a further escalation in terms of encroaching on Israel’s urban centers. The port is located on the southern tip of the major highway that reaches metropolitan Tel Aviv.

It is north of Ashkelon and is out of range of most Kassam rockets.

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