Rocket threat mushrooms
By Stan Goodenough
March 27, 2008
Arabs to the north and in the south of the Jewish homeland have acquired and are manufacturing rockets whose range endangers Israel more than ever before.
The developments have Israel Defense Forces officials worried, according to reports in the Israeli press Thursday.
Lebanon's Hizb'allah, attacking from the north, have Iranian-supplied rockets that can reach populated areas in most of Israel, and which can even strike Israel's nuclear facility at Dimona in the Negev - hundreds of kilometers to the south of the Lebanese border.
This is according to senior defense officials, who reportedly described as dramatic the upgrading of the terrorist organization's missile arsenal in the months since the Second Lebanon War.
That war, fought in the summer of 2006, saw Hizb'allah launch close to 4,000 rockets at Israel over the period of one month. Their maximum reach then was about 70 kms inside Israel.
Figures released by Israel in early March pegged the current level of Hizb'allah rockets at 10,000 long-range rockets and 20,000 short-range.
Last July Hizb'allah chief Hassan Nasrallah boasted his rockets could strike "every point and every corner" in Israel.
In Gaza, meanwhile, Palestine Islamic Jihad is reportedly manufacturing more accurate Kassam rockets that can carry twice the amount of explosives as those that have been rained down on Sderot to date, and with a range of more than 12.5 miles as opposed to the current six to seven mile range.
Citing security officials, Ynetnews said the new rocket indicates that Gaza's terror groups have increased efforts to develop new weapons. also with help from outside the Strip.
"The fact that they are able to produce their own long-range rockets…is disturbing and worrying," an army official said.
Right-thinking analysts have warned that allowing the "Palestinians" to assume control of Judea and Samaria will see Israel surrounded on all three sides by rocket-armed Muslims who remain committed to driving the Jews into the Mediterranean, which is the only Arab-free border Israel would have left.
Help spread the word:
-
Promote at:
Digg | Netscape | Newsvine - Discuss at IsraelMyBeloved

Related Articles:
- Still the rockets fall
- 'Time running out for my son'
- Arabs shell Israel with impunity
- Israel bows, sends aid; Arabs rejoice, send rockets
- Four killed in Jerusalem bulldozer terror attack
Buy Israeli products
![]() |
Tekuma - Story of Israel's Rebirth $58.47 - 55% OFF! DVD box set outlining the miracle of the State of Israel |
![]() |
Body Care Set $14.95 - 70% OFF! Dead Sea creams nourish and protect |
| Medium Shofar $39.95 - 28% OFF! Classical ram's horn shofar |
Sponsors:
- Mishloach Manot Purim Baskets
- Car Rental Israel
- Christian Gifts from Jerusalem
- Hotel Jerusalem
For Commentary, Analysis & Biblical Insight, visit:
Stan Goodenough's Jerusalem Watchman and Ryan Jones' Zionist.com
Uprooting Jews
Settling the Land
Jerusalem
Inside Israel
Christian Zionism
Christians Against Israel
Antisemitism
Islam
Blessing the World

