Comment:No one and I mean no one tell me from this moment forward that the Islamic interpretation of their God and their "religion" is peace or peaceful. Those of you who still make excuses for them, who try to tell us this is but a handful of individuals who have hijacked a religion, I say to you-bah!
Hamas: Kassam attack on IDF training base 'a victory from God' A Hamas spokesman praised Tuesday's rocket attack on an Israeli army base, calling it a "victory from God."
"We consider this a victory from God for the resistance," Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said on Hamas radio. "We consider the resistance as the legitimate right of the Palestinians to defend themselves and restore their rights."
The rocket strike, which wounded 69 IDF soldiers, was followed by a mortar barrage on the Gaza border. The Islamic Jihad and the Popular Resistance Committees claimed responsibility for the attacks, and the Islamic Jihad later posted a video on its website purportedly showing the Kassam rocket launch.
Although Hamas was not directly involved, Israel has said it holds the group responsible for attacks out of Gaza because it rules the area.
Although nobody was wounded in the mortar attack, the incident will undoubtedly add to the calls for action, which reached a fever pitch following the earlier Kassam strike.
Yet despite these calls, predictions are that the IDF will still hold back from launching a large-scale operation in the Gaza Strip. According to reports, the hesitancy is in large part due to the upcoming peace summit in Washington, mounting tensions along the northern border, and the fact that Sderot remains largely unprotected.
Defense officials are, however, calling on the political echelon to allow the IDF to deepen their operations in Gaza. At the moment the army is allowed to penetrate up to 2 km into Palestinian territory from the security fence.
Dozens of parents to soldiers serving at the Zikim base arrived there on Thursday to demand that their children be removed from the site. Israel Radio reported a heated exchange between the parents and the commanding officers of the base.
Early Thursday afternoon the IDF was posting a number of portable Kassam shelters in the base, Israel Radio reported.
Tuesday's Kassam attack was not the first in Zikim. Already in December of 2005, parents voiced protest over the level of safety of the base after it was hit by a Kassam.
Five soldiers was lightly wounded by shrapnel in that attack, including Lt.-Col. Yossi Drori, the commander of the base at the time.
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Defense Minister Ehud Barak, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, and Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi were meeting late Tuesday morning to discuss possible military responses to the attacks.
Sixty-nine soldiers were wounded, one of them critically and three more seriously, after one of two Kassam rockets fired by Palestinians on Monday night landed in an IDF basic training camp. On Tuesday morning, another rocket was fired into Israel, landing in a Sha'ar Hanegev Council community causing no casualties.
Monday night's rocket struck inside the Zikim military base, located one kilometer north of the Gaza Strip, at approximately 1:30 a.m. The Kassam landed next to a tent in which a group of soldiers were sleeping. Another rocket, which landed in an open area in the western Negev, caused no casualties.
The severity of wounds received by the troops varied, with one suffering from critical wounds, three listed as seriously wounded, seven in moderate condition and the rest lightly wounded. The injuries were mostly caused by shrapnel and concrete that was kicked up following the explosion. The victims include both male and female soldiers.
All of the wounded were evacuated to Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon, Soroka Hospital in Beersheba and Sheba Hospital in Tel Hashomer. By 9:45 a.m., 28 of the soldiers evacuated to hospital overnight were discharged.
Barzilai Hospital opened a hotline following the attack. The public is invited to call 1255171 for information.
Thirty ambulances were alerted to the scene, south of Ashkelon, where they were accompanied by two helicopters responsible for evacuating the wounded.
Two Palestinian groups claimed responsibility for the attack - the Nasr Salah al-Din Brigades, the Palestinian Resistance Committee's armed wing, and the Islamic Jihad. A spokesman for the Islamic Jihad said the firing of the Kassam rockets was a response to IDF action in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip of late.
The IDF, who confirmed the attack, said that the rockets were fired from Beit Hanun.
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