[IsraelTimes] Arson balloons spark three fires inside Israel; 7,000 Paleostinians protest along Gazoo border with hundreds rioting, 11 maimed.The head of the Paleostinian Islamic Jihad
...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah...
in Gazoo warned Friday that terror groups in the Strip have the ability to fire 1,000 rockets a day into Israel for a month and have some missiles that can carry a half-ton explosive warhead.
Speaking in an interview with the Lebanese Hezbollah’s al-Manar television station, Ziad Nakhaleh said that his group and Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, were improving their capabilities on a daily basis, giving the large warheads as an example.
"In the last round of fighting we restrained ourselves and only fired 700 rockets into Israel over two days," Nakhaleh said, adding that they also held back from targeting some cities deep in Israel.
"In the next round of fighting, we will not only fire at Tel Aviv, but at all the cities, whatever may happen," he said, claiming they could sustain a rate of fire of 1,000 rockets per day for a full month.
"Kill us now"
A tense calm has prevailed since the weekend of violence at the beginning of the month, during which Hamas and Paleostinian Islamic Jihad fired nearly 700 rockets at Israel.
Three fires were started Friday by the incendiary devices, including a blaze in the Be’eri Forest near the Gazoo border. Fire fighters were working to get it under control.
Some 7,000 Paleostinians gathered along the border in five places Friday, with some rioting and throwing rocks and bombs at Israeli troops who responded with tear gas and occasional live fire.
The Hamas-run Gazoo health ministry said 11 people were maimed.