Tuesday, February 3, 2009
The IICC has a report featuring the following handy table of cease-fire violations emanating from Gaza: Shaky Ceasefire "Since the end of Operation Cast Lead, the terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip have violated the ceasefire 12 times. In our assessment, Hamas wants quiet in the Gaza Strip but so far does not deter the other organizations."
# |
Date |
Event |
Organization Claiming Responsibility |
Israel's Response |
Notes |
1 |
Jan. 20 |
Terrorists opened fire at an IDF force south of the Kissufim crossing. |
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There were no casualties and no property damage was reported. |
2 |
Jan. 20 |
Terrorists shot at an IDF force near the border security fence in the central Gaza Strip. |
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The IDF force returned fire. |
There were no casualties and no property damage was reported. |
3 |
Jan. 20 |
Eleven mortar shells were fired at IDF forces and into Israeli territory. |
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There were no casualties and no property damage was reported. |
4 |
Jan. 25 |
A terrorist squad tried to carry out a rocket attack against Israel . One rocket was fired and fell inside the Gaza Strip. |
PFLP |
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The Palestinian media reported that Hamas prevented the rocket fire. |
5 |
Jan. 27 |
An IED was detonated to attack an IDF patrol north of Kissufim. |
A network linked to the global jihad. |
The IAF struck a motorcyclist in the Khan Yunis area and weapons smuggling tunnels in Rafah. |
A soldier was killed and three were wounded, one of them critically, two sustaining minor injuries. |
6 |
Jan. 28 |
A rocket fell in Israeli territory near the southern Gaza Strip. |
Fatah and the PIJ |
The IAF attacked a facility for weapons manufacture in Rafah. |
There were no casualties and no property damage was reported. |
7 |
Jan. 29 |
A rocket fell in an open area near the city of Sderot . |
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There were no casualties and no property damage was reported. |
8 |
Jan. 31 |
A rocket fell south of the city of Ashqelon . |
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There were no casualties and no property damage was reported. |
9 |
Feb. 1 |
Three rockets were fired at western Negev towns and villages. |
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There were no casualties and no property damage was reported.
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10 |
Feb. 1 |
Armed Palestinians shot at an IDF force in the Kissufim area in the western Negev . |
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There were no casualties and no property damage was reported. |
11 |
Feb. 1 |
Four mortar shells fell in the western Negev . |
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There were no casualties and no property damage was reported. |
12 |
Feb. 1 |
At 1530 hours five mortar shells were fired at towns and villages in the western Negev . |
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Two IDF soldiers sustained minor shrapnel injuries. |
The table only goes to February 1, so it doesn't include subsequent events like today's Grad strike on Ashkelon.
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Ah, yes, you can see that these rockets are just a nuisance. A piffling. A triffle. Not even worth the time to write about it. Nothing really happens from them. We do the same thing on the Fourth, don't we? Just noisemakers.
Move along, there's nothing to see here, and if there was, it would be Israel's fault anyway.