Ashkelon man builds homemade missile, but was stopped from launching
[Jerusalem Post] Ashkelon resident Moshe Nissimpor decided that the best way to halt rocket fire from Gaza - in light of what he terms the government's failure to do so - is some vigilante justice. Nissimpor developed a homemade 200-millimeter ballistic missile which he planned to launch from Ashkelon into the Gaza Strip.
Nissimpor arrived at the Ashkelon Municipality building with the missile painted black and lettered "to Hamas, from the residents of Ashkelon" in red, and was planning to launch it.
Ashkelon residents gathered round to cheer him on and protest the government's conduct, but at the eleventh hour, police stopped him from firing the missile.
Israeli viewpoints: What to do?
44% of those surveyed [by the Jerusalem Post] said they supported a wide-scale operation in Gaza, 20% favored pinpoint operations against terror cells and 21% said they would back negotiations with Hamas.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
DEBKAfile’s military sources report three Katyusha rockets fired from Gaza exploded south of Ashkelon Wed. March 5 afternoon; three aimed as Sderot and the Eshkol farming region. In the morning, two rockets landed south of Ashkelon and a missile was aimed at Sdot Hanegev – so far 5 rockets and 7 missiles.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008 by Staff Writer http://www.israeltoday.co.il/default.aspx?tabid=178&nid=15328
Abbas admits: Al Qaeda active in Gaza
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday admitted what Israeli security experts have been saying for over a year - that Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda terrorist network is active in the Gaza Strip.
Speaking to the London-based Arabic newspaper Al-Hayat, Abbas said that Al Qaeda cells were receiving assistance from Gaza's Hamas rulers in setting up a base of operations.
Abbas complained that the Hamas-Al Qaeda alliance would only hinder the overall Palestinian goal of gaining sovereignty over Judea and Samaria and declaring a sovereign state that includes the Gaza Strip.
Abbas' remarks were published a day after Israeli Military Intelligence chief General Amos Yadlin reported that a large number of Al Qaeda operatives - including snipers and explosives and engineering experts - had used last month's breach of the Gaza-Egypt border to enter the coastal strip.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008 by Staff Writer http://www.israeltoday.co.il/default.aspx?tabid=178&nid=15328
Abbas admits: Al Qaeda active in Gaza
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday admitted what Israeli security experts have been saying for over a year - that Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda terrorist network is active in the Gaza Strip.
Speaking to the London-based Arabic newspaper Al-Hayat, Abbas said that Al Qaeda cells were receiving assistance from Gaza's Hamas rulers in setting up a base of operations.
Abbas complained that the Hamas-Al Qaeda alliance would only hinder the overall Palestinian goal of gaining sovereignty over Judea and Samaria and declaring a sovereign state that includes the Gaza Strip.
Abbas' remarks were published a day after Israeli Military Intelligence chief General Amos Yadlin reported that a large number of Al Qaeda operatives - including snipers and explosives and engineering experts - had used last month's breach of the Gaza-Egypt border to enter the coastal strip.
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