Defense Minister: Israel Views Increase in Gaza Rocket Fire Seriously

(Israel Defense Forces) "The recent rocket fire against Israel has been carried out by rogue terrorist organizations and Islamic Jihad," Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Sunday. He noted that in the past week there were six or seven incidents of rocket fire from Gaza into Israel. Barak noted that Israel "views this rocket fire seriously and we responded with airstrikes on a number of targets, including tunnels, positions, facilities and weapons manufacturing sites - the infrastructure of terrorist organizations."


2011-08-08 00:00:00

Full Article

BACK

Visit the Daily Alert Archive