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Al Jazeera English - Middle East - Israel threatens new Gaza offensive
Vooral deze zin is pervers: "The IDF holds Hamas as solely responsible for maintaining peace and quiet in the Gaza Strip."
Dus: sinds april 2001 (tot 18 juni 2008, denk ik, al zou het ook over de gehele onderzochte periode kunnen gaan), meer dan 8000 raketten én mortiergranaten (en tussen de twee is een verschil). Hoeveel daarvan op Sderot gevallen zijn vind ik nergens terug, maar het zou mij heel erg verwonderen moesten er meer dan 6000 op de stad gevallen zijn.1597. Since April 2001, Palestinian armed groups have launched more than 8,000 rockets and mortars from Gaza into southern Israel.956 Communities such as Sderot, the surrounding kibbutzim and some of the unrecognized villages in the Negev have been in range since that time. During the Israeli military operations in Gaza in December 2008 and January 2009, the range of the rockets and mortars increased significantly to nearly 40 kilometres from the Gaza border, encompassing the Israeli towns of Yavne 30 kilometres to the north and Beersheba 28 kilometres to the southeast.
1598. Since the rocket and mortar fire does not often hit populated areas, and because of the precautions taken by the Government of Israel, the rockets and mortars have caused relatively few fatalities and physical injuries among the residents of southern Israel. Property damage, while by no means insignificant, has not been extensive. More widespread, however, has been the psychological trauma and the feeling of insecurity that living under rocket fire has caused and continues to cause, to people living in the affected towns and villages, as well as the erosion of the economic, social and cultural life of these communities.
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Al Jazeera English - Middle East - Israel threatens new Gaza offensive
Vooral deze zin is pervers: "The IDF holds Hamas as solely responsible for maintaining peace and quiet in the Gaza Strip."
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