[Ynet News] Roni Sofer - Israel's National Security Council warned Thursday against the looming rocket threat, saying that Palestinian rocket range could rise significantly due to new technological developments. "The wide range of operations carried out by Israel, both military and civil, have succeeded in curbing activity by gunmen, but no real answer has been found for the rocket threat, which has been Israel's main concern for the past two years," says a report by the council submitted to the government. According to the report, 2,383 Palestinian rockets landed in Israel in 2001-2007, 20 people were killed and 583 wounded in rocket strikes. More than 1,600 cases of stress-related injuries have been reported in the last six months due to rocket attacks. Sderot is the main target for the attacks, absorbing 45% of the rockets.
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