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Rocket fired from Gaza crashes into school
2009-03-01
A rocket fired by Palestinian militants in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip exploded near a school in Israel on Saturday, causing damage but no injuries, Israel's military said.

The rocket, one of three fired from the coastal territory on Saturday, landed in the courtyard of a school in the Israeli city of Ashekelon, some 12 km (7 miles) north of the Gaza border. Shrapnel flew into classrooms. Authorities said the school was empty for the weekend. Israel has responded to similar attacks with air strikes.

Egypt has been trying to broker a long-term truce between Israel and Hamas to take the place of a shaky Jan. 18 ceasefire that ended a 22-day Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip. There have been almost daily exchanges of fire since then. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for Saturday's rocket fire.
Posted by:Fred

#12  BIBI:

Get your engine started...Clear for take off!!!


Posted by: Ming the Merciless   2009-03-01 21:03  

#11  JohnQC, I think you're onto something there.
Posted by: gorb   2009-03-01 15:59  

#10  Where's the human rights watch? Right next to the cheap Chinese watches on the bottom shelf.
Posted by: JohnQC   2009-03-01 15:19  

#9  I hope this doesn't affect the Peace Processor. Chunks of rocket casing and dead schoolkids tend to jam the spinning blades.
Posted by: SteveS   2009-03-01 14:47  

#8  "Crashes into School" Since when do exploding rockets "crash?" Sounds like Rocketman unsuccessfully landed his craft, or gramps was trying to park the minivan when he hit the gas rather than the break.
Posted by: regular joe   2009-03-01 13:42  

#7  Doesn't count unless a whole classroom full of kids gets wiped out or a single page of a unholy Quaran gets looked at a bit funny.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2009-03-01 11:02  

#6  Human Rights Watch. Why do they hate us!
Posted by: Jack is Back!   2009-03-01 10:55  

#5  Is that judge in Spain going to call for trials of Hamas leaders for "crimes against humanity"?


Oh, that's right, to his ilk Jews aren't human.
Posted by: AlanC   2009-03-01 10:37  

#4  Doesn't count unless a whole classroom full of Muslim kids gets wiped out.
Posted by: Glenmore   2009-03-01 10:14  

#3  were are the human rights watch?

Doesn't count unless a whole classroom full of kids gets wiped out.
Posted by: gorb   2009-03-01 04:30  

#2  were are the human rights watch?

1/2 were providing human shields for the rocketeers, 1/2 were planning Paleo aid with their former colleagues in Obama administration.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2009-03-01 02:27  

#1  were are the human rights watch?
Posted by: rabid whitetail   2009-03-01 01:59  

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