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October 15, 2004       Share:    

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33681-2004Oct14.html

Rockets Deliver Daily Terror to Residents of Israeli Town

(Washington Post) Molly Moore- In the past four years, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have fired more than 325 Kassam rockets at Jewish settlements within the strip and at Israeli towns on its periphery, according to the Shin Bet, the Israeli intelligence agency. In the last 3 1/2 months, four Israelis have been killed, all of them in Sderot. A new warning system implemented Wednesday is a success, said Yehuda Ben Maman, a municipal security officer: "In three schools in Sderot, the students who were in the courtyards were able to run inside of the building when they heard the warning." Kassam rockets are the weapon of choice in the Gaza Strip, which is enclosed by electronic fences, surveillance cameras, and Israeli military patrols.

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