It really was never a matter of "if," but only of "when:"
A Kassam rocket, fired from the former Jewish community of Dugit in northern Gaza, fell in an Israeli industrial zone, just south of the city of Ashkelon, on Sunday afternoon.
No damage or injuries were reported in the attack.
The rocket attack, the second against Ashkelon in the past three days, came perilously close to strategic targets in the area. Those targets include a major oil pipeline, a power plant, and a desalination plant.
A successful strike against such targets could impact severely on day-to-day life in Israel, with particularly harmful ramifications for hundreds of thousands of people living in the southern part of the country.
The ‘Al Aksa Division,’ the military wing of the Islamic Jihad terror group took credit for the strike. The terror group released a statement referring to Ashkelon as a “settlement.†That term, while commonly used to refer to Jewish towns in Judea, Samaria, and Gaza, is often used by terror groups to connote a community set up in occupied territory.
For those who don't know, Ashkelon is well within Israel's 1967 borders. But apparently not far enough. Not any more.
(And, yes, I do know that Sharon had a minor stroke today. I'd say that was pretty predictable, as well. He should recover fully and retire, take some of the weight off his shoulders and everywhere else and go enjoy some quality time with his family and his horses in good health.)
