A Qassam rocket - manufactured by the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the radical Islamic group Hamas - landed in a field near a farming community in the northwest Negev desert. It had been fired from inside the Gaza Strip. Farmers were working their fields on tractors when the rocket hit, but none were hurt by the projectile. Initial army investigations suggest that it was the first time a Qassam 2 rocket was fired. The Israeli army intercepted eight Qassam 2's in the West Bank for the first time last week, raising fears Hamas could hit Israeli cities close to the Green Line dividing Israel from the Palestinian territories.
It's amazing how a simple act of pointless violence can make some people feel oh, so heroic.
"Look, Hamid! I got a rocket! Where should we fire it?"
"How about over that way, Mustafah?" |