A Peek into a Mind

Apparently, the COLOR RED I’ve experienced about half an hour ago was the second one in Ashkelon. Around 5am there was a COLOR RED alarm in a more distant part of the city (obviously I’m not going to give exact location…) and 3 rockets hit the city.

One of the rockets fell in an empty field, one hit a residential house and caused light injuries in the heads of 2 kids, a brother and a sister. Another rocket hit directly the home of two elderly couple. The were both saved (being at the bedroom sleeping) but the flat was pretty much ruined.

Since Midnight there were about 33 rockets launched from Gaza. I think it’s a relatively small number caused the Air Force is constantly hovering there and try to hit places where rockets are being shot from.

According tot he news sites, IDF was exchanging heavy fire with Hamas in Sajahie in the north of the Gaza Strip. It was originally a standard operation to hit terrorists that are working in this area, and scheduled even before the last escalation. The army, however, anticipated a bigger resistance this time and was right.Ynet reports 14 Palestinians killed, most of them hamas members (according to what the Hamas announced), 20 others were wounded. 5 Israeli soldiers were already wounded (light to medium) during the fight.

It is said that there is currently some serious fighting going on as the army take control of areas where they shoots the rockets from, and the Hamas, obviously not wanting to lose launching grounds, is fighting seriously.

On the other hand, the Hamas never had a problem shooting from inside residential areas, forcing the population to be human shields. For example - schools: