If you counted on the Guardian’s Middle East page for your news about Israel, you likely wouldn’t know that, since Operation Cast Lead ended in January of 2009, 393 rockets and 337 mortar shells have been fired into Southern Israel from Gaza.
Islamic Jihad operatives demonstrate firing a mortar
Here’s the distribution of attacks since 2010:
In fact, during the month of March (2011) – which saw a dramatic increase in the number of attacks from Gaza – there were only two stories in the Guardian which even mentioned the rocket fire, and, in true Guardian fashion, focused on the Palestinian casualties from Israel’s retaliatory actions.
For those who take the persistent threat posed to Israeli communities by enemy rocket fire seriously, you may want to follow the blog, This Ongoing War.
Elder of Ziyon also has a good monthly rocket calendar.
The Meir Amit Terrorism and Information Center is a great site for detailed information and analysis.
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August 10, 2011 at 9:31 am
Margie in Tel Aviv
That’s very valid Adam. The Guardian is wonderfully good at ignoring rocket falls and mortar shots, such as the three that disturbed the peace at the beginning of this week.
There are almost never any signs of past rockets or explosions or disasters having taken place in Israel. You don’t see gaps between buildings or missing windows. You go past a functioning shop and someone will point out to you that that is where the Mike’s Cafe pigua (hit) took place.
We are so accustomed to having this horror visited on us that no sooner is it done then the fix-up squads are out getting everything straight again. There is a special squad of dedicated men who collect each piece of the bodies shattered and scattered by enemy blasts so that the person can be buried in their entirety.
I had taken this for granted until I saw how much the British praised their citizens who came out with brooms and dust-pans to clean up after the riots. It seems natural to us. We don’t allow horrors to confront our children or our guests, although our neighbours do.
August 10, 2011 at 10:00 am
AKUS
What I find disturbing in the Israeli press is that they refer to the rocket and mortar fire as a “drizzle”. It has become Israel’s new normal to have rockets “drizzling” down on its cities (well, those far enough away from Tel Aviv that you can camp out in a tent in the center of the city with no fear).
Of course, one rocket and Shderot Rothchild would have the tent city people pack up pretty quickly.