Rocket falls in Hof Ashkelon on eve of Sukkot

[Lipush]

IDF forces have found the remnants of a Qassam rocket which exploded in an agricultural field in the Hof Ashkelon Regional Council Wednesday night. No injuries or damage was reported.

At around 1 am, a Color Red siren was reportedly heard in the area, but no blast was immediately reported.

The renewal of rocket fire at Israel took place on the eve of Sukkot, at a time when most families are at home holding holiday dinners.

Local residents were quick to make their way from their bedrooms to their fortified shelter rooms as the siren sounded late Wednesday night.

Rocket falls in Hof Ashkelon on eve of Sukkot - Israel News, Ynetnews

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[Sweet_Caroline]

What a horrific start to the holidays. A siren at 1 a.m. Hopefully the IDF will retaliate.

 

[Lipush]

Eh. Over a rocket? I don't see that happening

 

[Sweet_Caroline]

I know, but unless they do you know what will happen. Several more rockets will be targeted into civilian areas of Israel, then when the IDF do eventually target the launch sites the Gazans will cry. For each rocket from Gaza into Israel the IDF should do what they have to do. Rockets like the one in the early hours of this morning will never make the news. This is why there is such anti-Israel feeling. People simply do not know that Israel is having to cope with this.

 

[Lipush]

meanwhile in my district-

 

[Lipush]

I know, but unless they do you know what will happen. Several more rockets will be targeted into civilian areas of Israel, then when the IDF do eventually target the launch sites the Gazans will cry.

Of Course.

 

[Lipush]

I know, but unless they do you know what will happen. Several more rockets will be targeted into civilian areas of Israel, then when the IDF do eventually target the launch sites the Gazans will cry. For each rocket from Gaza into Israel the IDF should do what they have to do. Rockets like the one in the early hours of this morning will never make the news. This is why there is such anti-Israel feeling. People simply do not know that Israel is having to cope with this.

People made the idea previously that the rocket alert system should be wired directly into Natanyahu's bedroom.

Hell, if we don't sleep, he shouldn't sleep either!

 

[Sweet_Caroline]

With regard to the picture above, it is awful how many people and children have stress disorders in the South. I would hate to know that at any time of the day or night I would only have 15 to 30 seconds warning from a siren that a rocket could land on my home.

I would like people who do not know how badly Israel is affected to have a look at the videos on this channel.
sderotmedia23 - YouTube

And to view this website.
Sderot Media Center​

 

[Lipush]

With regard to the picture above, it is awful how many people and children have stress disorders in the South. I would hate to know that at any time of the day or night I would only have 15 to 30 seconds warning from a siren that a rocket could land on my home.

I would like people who do not know how badly Israel is affected to have a look at the videos on this channel.
sderotmedia23 - YouTube

And to view this website.
Sderot Media Center​

Yes, sadly it is something we learned how to live with. I remember seeing someone about that, because in rough days I could sometimes hardly function.

Most of the time people don't realize what it means to be a southerner with PTSD. it surfaces in the most tiny of details. someone closes the door too loud, you jump, a heavy object falling on the floor, you jump.

I remember last year, we flew to Berlin for a week, we used to take the subway from one place to another. When the trains leaves the station it releases a sound that is very similar to a high whistle. I remember looking around urgently when I first heard that, because the sound was similar to the code-red alarm.

I remember nights when I used to sleep with my shoes on. Whenever the alarm goes off, your heart is like million-beats a second.

That's something that people living in Tel-Aviv almost don't deal with, something that the adults and children here need to muddle through.

 

[Sweet_Caroline]

It sounds dreadful. That is why I am against any more land being given away.

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[Lipush]

not surprising.

 

[georgephillip]

IDF forces have found the remnants of a Qassam rocket which exploded in an agricultural field in the Hof Ashkelon Regional Council Wednesday night. No injuries or damage was reported.

At around 1 am, a Color Red siren was reportedly heard in the area, but no blast was immediately reported.

The renewal of rocket fire at Israel took place on the eve of Sukkot, at a time when most families are at home holding holiday dinners.

Local residents were quick to make their way from their bedrooms to their fortified shelter rooms as the siren sounded late Wednesday night.

Rocket falls in Hof Ashkelon on eve of Sukkot - Israel News, Ynetnews

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Before Ashkelon there existed

"The Arab village of al-Majdal or al-Majdal Ascalun(Arabic: المجدل*; Hebrew: אל-מג'דל, מגדל*), was established nearby the ancient site in the 16th century, under Ottoman's rule. In 1918, the Arab village of al-Majdal (Ashkelon) became part of the British Occupied Enemy Territory Administration and in 1920 became part of the Mandatory Palestine. In the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, al-Majdal Ascalun was the forward position of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force based in Gaza.[2]

"The village was occupied by Israeli forces on 5 November 1948, by which time most of the Arab population of 11,000 were forced to leave.[3]

"Jews moved into the area later that year.

"The Israeli town was initially called Migdal Gaza, Migdal Gad and Migdal Ashkelon. In 1953, the nearby neighborhood of Afridar was incorporated and the name 'Ashkelon' was readopted to the town.

"By 1961, Ashkelon was ranked 18th among Israeli urban centers with a population of 24,000.[4] In 2010, the population of Ashkelon was 112,900.[5]"

Ashkelon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

When you take another's land by force of arms, don't whine about sirens in the night.

 

[Lipush]

IDF forces have found the remnants of a Qassam rocket which exploded in an agricultural field in the Hof Ashkelon Regional Council Wednesday night. No injuries or damage was reported.

At around 1 am, a Color Red siren was reportedly heard in the area, but no blast was immediately reported.

The renewal of rocket fire at Israel took place on the eve of Sukkot, at a time when most families are at home holding holiday dinners.

Local residents were quick to make their way from their bedrooms to their fortified shelter rooms as the siren sounded late Wednesday night.

Rocket falls in Hof Ashkelon on eve of Sukkot - Israel News, Ynetnews

------------------

Before Ashkelon there existed

"The Arab village of al-Majdal or al-Majdal Ascalun(Arabic: المجدل*; Hebrew: אל-מג'דל, מגדל*), was established nearby the ancient site in the 16th century, under Ottoman's rule. In 1918, the Arab village of al-Majdal (Ashkelon) became part of the British Occupied Enemy Territory Administration and in 1920 became part of the Mandatory Palestine. In the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, al-Majdal Ascalun was the forward position of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force based in Gaza.[2]

"The village was occupied by Israeli forces on 5 November 1948, by which time most of the Arab population of 11,000 were forced to leave.[3]

"Jews moved into the area later that year.

"The Israeli town was initially called Migdal Gaza, Migdal Gad and Migdal Ashkelon. In 1953, the nearby neighborhood of Afridar was incorporated and the name 'Ashkelon' was readopted to the town.

"By 1961, Ashkelon was ranked 18th among Israeli urban centers with a population of 24,000.[4] In 2010, the population of Ashkelon was 112,900.[5]"

Ashkelon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

When you take another's land by force of arms, don't whine about sirens in the night.

Sderot and Hof Ashkelon are inside the green-line.

The attack was unprovoked. Sending missiles upon unarmed civilian area is a war crime.

If and when the IDF responds, remember why it happened.

There was no "before" Ashkelon, btw. Ashkelon is from the time of the Bible. Anything the Palestinian created upon it is land theft from the Jews.

They took the land, invented a new term for it, and now throwing missilies upon native community.

Double the war-crime.

 

[toastman]

IDF forces have found the remnants of a Qassam rocket which exploded in an agricultural field in the Hof Ashkelon Regional Council Wednesday night. No injuries or damage was reported.

At around 1 am, a Color Red siren was reportedly heard in the area, but no blast was immediately reported.

The renewal of rocket fire at Israel took place on the eve of Sukkot, at a time when most families are at home holding holiday dinners.

Local residents were quick to make their way from their bedrooms to their fortified shelter rooms as the siren sounded late Wednesday night.

Rocket falls in Hof Ashkelon on eve of Sukkot - Israel News, Ynetnews

------------------

Before Ashkelon there existed

"The Arab village of al-Majdal or al-Majdal Ascalun(Arabic: المجدل*; Hebrew: אל-מג'דל, מגדל*), was established nearby the ancient site in the 16th century, under Ottoman's rule. In 1918, the Arab village of al-Majdal (Ashkelon) became part of the British Occupied Enemy Territory Administration and in 1920 became part of the Mandatory Palestine. In the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, al-Majdal Ascalun was the forward position of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force based in Gaza.[2]

"The village was occupied by Israeli forces on 5 November 1948, by which time most of the Arab population of 11,000 were forced to leave.[3]

"Jews moved into the area later that year.

"The Israeli town was initially called Migdal Gaza, Migdal Gad and Migdal Ashkelon. In 1953, the nearby neighborhood of Afridar was incorporated and the name 'Ashkelon' was readopted to the town.

"By 1961, Ashkelon was ranked 18th among Israeli urban centers with a population of 24,000.[4] In 2010, the population of Ashkelon was 112,900.[5]"

Ashkelon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

When you take another's land by force of arms, don't whine about sirens in the night.

Which current residents of Ashkelon have anything to do with the capturing of Ashkelon during the Arab Israeli war

And yes, we are going to 'complain' when a rocket is fired into Israel regardless of the damage or lack thereof. And yes, we will retaliate whenever there is a rocket or rockets fired into Israel even if no one gets hurt and even if you pro Palis come up with some sort of justification for it.
Now how bou t them apples Georgie

 

[georgephillip]

IDF forces have found the remnants of a Qassam rocket which exploded in an agricultural field in the Hof Ashkelon Regional Council Wednesday night. No injuries or damage was reported.

At around 1 am, a Color Red siren was reportedly heard in the area, but no blast was immediately reported.

The renewal of rocket fire at Israel took place on the eve of Sukkot, at a time when most families are at home holding holiday dinners.

Local residents were quick to make their way from their bedrooms to their fortified shelter rooms as the siren sounded late Wednesday night.

Rocket falls in Hof Ashkelon on eve of Sukkot - Israel News, Ynetnews

------------------

Before Ashkelon there existed

"The Arab village of al-Majdal or al-Majdal Ascalun(Arabic: المجدل*; Hebrew: אל-מג'דל, מגדל*), was established nearby the ancient site in the 16th century, under Ottoman's rule. In 1918, the Arab village of al-Majdal (Ashkelon) became part of the British Occupied Enemy Territory Administration and in 1920 became part of the Mandatory Palestine. In the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, al-Majdal Ascalun was the forward position of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force based in Gaza.[2]

"The village was occupied by Israeli forces on 5 November 1948, by which time most of the Arab population of 11,000 were forced to leave.[3]

"Jews moved into the area later that year.

"The Israeli town was initially called Migdal Gaza, Migdal Gad and Migdal Ashkelon. In 1953, the nearby neighborhood of Afridar was incorporated and the name 'Ashkelon' was readopted to the town.

"By 1961, Ashkelon was ranked 18th among Israeli urban centers with a population of 24,000.[4] In 2010, the population of Ashkelon was 112,900.[5]"

Ashkelon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

When you take another's land by force of arms, don't whine about sirens in the night.

Sderot and Hof Ashkelon are inside the green-line.

The attack was unprovoked. Sending missiles upon unarmed civilian area is a war crime.

If and when the IDF responds, remember why it happened.

There was no "before" Ashkelon, btw. Ashkelon is from the time of the Bible. Anything the Palestinian created upon it is land theft from the Jews.

They took the land, invented a new term for it, and now throwing missilies upon native community.

Double the war-crime.

"The village was occupied by Israeli forces on 5 November 1948, by which time most of the Arab population of 11,000 were forced to leave.[3] Jews moved into the area later that year."

Ashkelon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Even if al-Majdal was within the Green Line that Israel's imperial masters inflicted upon Palestine, how do you justify 11,000 Arabs being evicted from their homes, businesses, and bank accounts by European immigrants?

 

[Lipush]

Before Ashkelon there existed

"The Arab village of al-Majdal or al-Majdal Ascalun(Arabic: المجدل*; Hebrew: אל-מג'דל, מגדל*), was established nearby the ancient site in the 16th century, under Ottoman's rule. In 1918, the Arab village of al-Majdal (Ashkelon) became part of the British Occupied Enemy Territory Administration and in 1920 became part of the Mandatory Palestine. In the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, al-Majdal Ascalun was the forward position of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force based in Gaza.[2]

"The village was occupied by Israeli forces on 5 November 1948, by which time most of the Arab population of 11,000 were forced to leave.[3]

"Jews moved into the area later that year.

"The Israeli town was initially called Migdal Gaza, Migdal Gad and Migdal Ashkelon. In 1953, the nearby neighborhood of Afridar was incorporated and the name 'Ashkelon' was readopted to the town.

"By 1961, Ashkelon was ranked 18th among Israeli urban centers with a population of 24,000.[4] In 2010, the population of Ashkelon was 112,900.[5]"

Ashkelon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

When you take another's land by force of arms, don't whine about sirens in the night.

Sderot and Hof Ashkelon are inside the green-line.

The attack was unprovoked. Sending missiles upon unarmed civilian area is a war crime.

If and when the IDF responds, remember why it happened.

There was no "before" Ashkelon, btw. Ashkelon is from the time of the Bible. Anything the Palestinian created upon it is land theft from the Jews.

They took the land, invented a new term for it, and now throwing missilies upon native community.

Double the war-crime.

"The village was occupied by Israeli forces on 5 November 1948, by which time most of the Arab population of 11,000 were forced to leave.[3] Jews moved into the area later that year."

Ashkelon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Even if al-Majdal was within the Green Line that Israel's imperial masters inflicted upon Palestine, how do you justify 11,000 Arabs being evicted from their homes, businesses, and bank accounts by European immigrants?

My own family was expelled from their house in 1936. Their land was burned and they were forced to leave their inheritence, by Palestinians.

So if you're looking for simpathy, you're not going to get it from me, on this one.

And the children of Sderot have nothing to do with Al-Majdal or whatever name the Palestinians gave the city of Ashkelon.

Only thing they know is that they are attacked in the name of a Palestinian so called "resistance", even though they never harmed anyone!

And people like YOU justify it!

 

[peach174]

IDF forces have found the remnants of a Qassam rocket which exploded in an agricultural field in the Hof Ashkelon Regional Council Wednesday night. No injuries or damage was reported.

At around 1 am, a Color Red siren was reportedly heard in the area, but no blast was immediately reported.

The renewal of rocket fire at Israel took place on the eve of Sukkot, at a time when most families are at home holding holiday dinners.

Local residents were quick to make their way from their bedrooms to their fortified shelter rooms as the siren sounded late Wednesday night.

Rocket falls in Hof Ashkelon on eve of Sukkot - Israel News, Ynetnews

------------------

Before Ashkelon there existed

"The Arab village of al-Majdal or al-Majdal Ascalun(Arabic: المجدل*; Hebrew: אל-מג'דל, מגדל*), was established nearby the ancient site in the 16th century, under Ottoman's rule. In 1918, the Arab village of al-Majdal (Ashkelon) became part of the British Occupied Enemy Territory Administration and in 1920 became part of the Mandatory Palestine. In the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, al-Majdal Ascalun was the forward position of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force based in Gaza.[2]

"The village was occupied by Israeli forces on 5 November 1948, by which time most of the Arab population of 11,000 were forced to leave.[3]

"Jews moved into the area later that year.

"The Israeli town was initially called Migdal Gaza, Migdal Gad and Migdal Ashkelon. In 1953, the nearby neighborhood of Afridar was incorporated and the name 'Ashkelon' was readopted to the town.

"By 1961, Ashkelon was ranked 18th among Israeli urban centers with a population of 24,000.[4] In 2010, the population of Ashkelon was 112,900.[5]"

Ashkelon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

When you take another's land by force of arms, don't whine about sirens in the night.

How do you think that the Arabs got there to begin with?
By taking the land from Israelites and forcing them to move.

 

[georgephillip]

IDF forces have found the remnants of a Qassam rocket which exploded in an agricultural field in the Hof Ashkelon Regional Council Wednesday night. No injuries or damage was reported.

At around 1 am, a Color Red siren was reportedly heard in the area, but no blast was immediately reported.

The renewal of rocket fire at Israel took place on the eve of Sukkot, at a time when most families are at home holding holiday dinners.

Local residents were quick to make their way from their bedrooms to their fortified shelter rooms as the siren sounded late Wednesday night.

Rocket falls in Hof Ashkelon on eve of Sukkot - Israel News, Ynetnews

------------------

Before Ashkelon there existed

"The Arab village of al-Majdal or al-Majdal Ascalun(Arabic: المجدل*; Hebrew: אל-מג'דל, מגדל*), was established nearby the ancient site in the 16th century, under Ottoman's rule. In 1918, the Arab village of al-Majdal (Ashkelon) became part of the British Occupied Enemy Territory Administration and in 1920 became part of the Mandatory Palestine. In the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, al-Majdal Ascalun was the forward position of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force based in Gaza.[2]

"The village was occupied by Israeli forces on 5 November 1948, by which time most of the Arab population of 11,000 were forced to leave.[3]

"Jews moved into the area later that year.

"The Israeli town was initially called Migdal Gaza, Migdal Gad and Migdal Ashkelon. In 1953, the nearby neighborhood of Afridar was incorporated and the name 'Ashkelon' was readopted to the town.

"By 1961, Ashkelon was ranked 18th among Israeli urban centers with a population of 24,000.[4] In 2010, the population of Ashkelon was 112,900.[5]"

Ashkelon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

When you take another's land by force of arms, don't whine about sirens in the night.

How do you think that the Arabs got there to begin with?
By taking the land from Israelites and forcing them to move.

When do you think that happened?
"he Arab village of Majdal was mentioned by historians and tourists at the end of the 15th century.[16] In 1596, Ottoman records showed Majdal to be a large village of 559 Muslim households, making it the 7th most populous locality in Palestine after Safad, Jerusalem, Gaza, Nablus, Hebron and Kafr Kanna.[17][18]
The census of 1931 found 6,166 Muslims and 41 Christians living there.[19] By 1948, the population had grown to about 11,000."
Ashkelon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Why are Jews alone, among all nations, allowed to steal land their ancestors conquered thousands of years ago?

 

[georgephillip]

Sderot and Hof Ashkelon are inside the green-line.

The attack was unprovoked. Sending missiles upon unarmed civilian area is a war crime.

If and when the IDF responds, remember why it happened.

There was no "before" Ashkelon, btw. Ashkelon is from the time of the Bible. Anything the Palestinian created upon it is land theft from the Jews.

They took the land, invented a new term for it, and now throwing missilies upon native community.

Double the war-crime.

"The village was occupied by Israeli forces on 5 November 1948, by which time most of the Arab population of 11,000 were forced to leave.[3] Jews moved into the area later that year."

Ashkelon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Even if al-Majdal was within the Green Line that Israel's imperial masters inflicted upon Palestine, how do you justify 11,000 Arabs being evicted from their homes, businesses, and bank accounts by European immigrants?

My own family was expelled from their house in 1936. Their land was burned and they were forced to leave their inheritence, by Palestinians.

So if you're looking for simpathy, you're not going to get it from me, on this one.

And the children of Sderot have nothing to do with Al-Majdal or whatever name the Palestinians gave the city of Ashkelon.

Only thing they know is that they are attacked in the name of a Palestinian so called "resistance", even though they never harmed anyone!

And people like YOU justify it!

I don't justify ethnic cleansing of Jew or Arab:
"During the 1948 war, the Egyptian army occupied a large part of Gaza including Majdal.

"Over the next few months, the town was subjected to Israeli air-raids and shelling.[3] All but about 1,000 of the town's residents were forced to leave by the time it was captured by Israeli forces as a sequel to Operation Yoav on 4 November 1948.[3]

"General Yigal Allon ordered the expulsion of the remaining Palestinians but the local commanders did not do so and the Arab population soon recovered to more than 2,500 due mostly to refugees slipping back and also due to the transfer of Palestinians from nearby villages.[3][16]

"Most of them were elderly, women, or children.[16]

"During the next year or so, the Palestinians were held in a confined area surrounded by barbed wire, which became commonly known as the 'ghetto'"

Ashkelon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Lipush]

"The village was occupied by Israeli forces on 5 November 1948, by which time most of the Arab population of 11,000 were forced to leave.[3] Jews moved into the area later that year."

Ashkelon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Even if al-Majdal was within the Green Line that Israel's imperial masters inflicted upon Palestine, how do you justify 11,000 Arabs being evicted from their homes, businesses, and bank accounts by European immigrants?

My own family was expelled from their house in 1936. Their land was burned and they were forced to leave their inheritence, by Palestinians.

So if you're looking for simpathy, you're not going to get it from me, on this one.

And the children of Sderot have nothing to do with Al-Majdal or whatever name the Palestinians gave the city of Ashkelon.

Only thing they know is that they are attacked in the name of a Palestinian so called "resistance", even though they never harmed anyone!

And people like YOU justify it!

I don't justify ethnic cleansing of Jew or Arab:
"During the 1948 war, the Egyptian army occupied a large part of Gaza including Majdal.

"Over the next few months, the town was subjected to Israeli air-raids and shelling.[3] All but about 1,000 of the town's residents were forced to leave by the time it was captured by Israeli forces as a sequel to Operation Yoav on 4 November 1948.[3]

"General Yigal Allon ordered the expulsion of the remaining Palestinians but the local commanders did not do so and the Arab population soon recovered to more than 2,500 due mostly to refugees slipping back and also due to the transfer of Palestinians from nearby villages.[3][16]

"Most of them were elderly, women, or children.[16]

"During the next year or so, the Palestinians were held in a confined area surrounded by barbed wire, which became commonly known as the 'ghetto'"

Ashkelon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You don't justify it, but your response to the war-crime committed against civilians is pointed out that a bad thing happened almost 70 years ago.

Yeah, of course.