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| Israel's mighty army is no match for Hamas's flaming condom bombs |
| 2018-08-06 |
| [NP] Late afternoon last Wednesday, I climbed a sandy knoll at the edge of Sderot, a town of 25,000 in southern Israel, four kilometres from the border with the Gaza Strip. Accompanying me was Eddy, a local community worker, Sderot-born and bred. Ten years ago, Eddy moved with his wife and four young children away from Sderot to a kibbutz 3.5 kilometres further inland to escape the near constant barrage of rockets coming from the Gaza Strip. In Sderot, once the rocket alarms sound, people have 15 seconds, at most, to dash to the nearest shelter for safety. But the elderly, sick and very young are housebound ‐ and terrorized. Every single public bus shelter in Sderot doubles as a fortified bunker, as do the 35 or so windowless kindergartens. For the past two months, Sderot residents and tens of thousands of other Israelis residing near the border have contended with the latest innovation in weapons from Gaza: airborne inflated balloons and condoms fitted with incendiary devices. Strong Mediterranean breezes carry the firebombs up to eight kilometres inland. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #7 I've always had a fear of flaming condoms... Slow down a bit and it won't be so much of a problem. |
| Posted by: gorb 2018-08-06 23:17 |
| #6 I suggest the IDF invest in a store of incendiary artillery shells. One for one, on the neighborhoods where the balloons originate. See how the Paleos like fire fighting. |
| Posted by: Nero 2018-08-06 12:21 |
| #5 |
| Posted by: Jack Chaiter7913 2018-08-06 08:00 |
| #4 I've always had a fear of flaming condoms... |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2018-08-06 07:53 |
| #3 The glories of Peace. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-08-06 03:17 |
| #2 Obviously Gaza has too much fuel if they can afford to send it up in fire bombs, so cut off their fuel supply. Send in replacement condoms, tens of thousands or possibly millions. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-08-06 01:04 |
| #1 Obviously Gaza has too much fuel if they can afford to send it up in fire bombs, so cut off their fuel supply. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2018-08-06 01:01 |