Blasts hit Israeli resort of Eilat

[UndertheOcean]

Source: BBC

Several blasts have hit the southern Israeli resort city of Eilat in a suspected rocket attack, Israeli army radio reports.

There have been no casualties, the reports say.

The army radio said that one rocket was believed to have struck inside neighbouring Jordan and another one had landed in the sea.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-10807166

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Oh , They just won't stop.

[Name removed]

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[Posteritatis]

2. Mmm, glossolalia. (nt)

[Behind the Aegis]

3. It seems the rockets may have come from Jordan.

"Israeli security forces believe at least three of the rockets struck the Red Sea, while the other two exploded in open areas near the city. The rockets were apparently launched from Jordan." Ha'Aretz

[UndertheOcean]

4. Israeli Police think Sinai

[Behind the Aegis]

5. Nevermind. You meant "Sinai."

I just saw that Ha'Aretz updated the story and now is claiming the the rockets came from the Sinai and hit Eliat (Israel) and Aqaba (Jordan), which, ironcially was where the last ones were fired from in April, I think.

[Lithos]

6. Sinai

The Egyptian side...

L-

[Behind the Aegis]

8. I figured iit out. It was a typo.

But, it is the Middle East and there are many places I have never heard of and have all kinds of spelling, so I was making sure.

[Lithos]

9. I just figured your eyes were tired...

Googled for grins, and sinia comes back to Nigeria...

L-

[Behind the Aegis]

10. I googled it too.

UndertheOcean misspelled it, but since s/he has lived in that part of the world, I thought it possible there might be a "Sinia." I googled it too...nothing really came up so I included "Jordan" to the search and plenty of things came up...lots of typos I guess. :)

[UndertheOcean]

12. A typo seems to have caused a commotion , I am tempted to google "sinia" now !

[proteus_lives]

7. Sigh. Let the next round begin.

[HEyHEY]

11. yup.....

What's summer without a flare up?!

[Alamuti Lotus]

13. there were airstrikes on Rafah and Gaza City earlier, too

"they just won't stop" either.

[UndertheOcean]

14. Well , someone needs to end the cycle .

[Kurska]

18. I believe Israel denied they are involved in at least one of those.

I'm not sure exactly which ones you are refrencing, but there was one air strike that wounded 13 that Israel has stated they did and another as of yet unexplained explosion that wounded 24 that Israel claims they did not cause.

It wouldn't be the first time a chemist's mistake has caused a major explosion in Gaza. I'm tentative to believe that the second explosion was not caused by Israel, because it would not fit the scale of the reprisal they would plan for this sort of thing. Firing rockets at Eilat is a major escalation and would warrant a larger response then a single air strike that Israel doesn't even claim.

[Chulanowa]

15. Who is "they"?

From the sound of it, "they" are someone in egypt, and to the best of my knowledge, that would make this something more akin to "starting" than "not stopping"

...Unless of course you subscribe to the philosophy that one Arab is the same as another, which, admittedly is a pretty damn common sentiment on DU.

[HEyHEY]

16. You know, "them," "Those guys"... "they"

[Chulanowa]

17. They're bastards.

[AlbertCat]

21. You know, "them," "Those guys"... "they"

I assumed that "they" meant both sides. It takes two to tango, y'know.

[HEyHEY]

22. It was a joke refering to the obtuse use of the word "them"

[AlbertCat]

24. It was a joke refering to the obtuse use of the word "them"

Oh... I got it and understand what you mean. I was actually trying to "define" the ubiquitous "They" "Them" "Those guys"

[HEyHEY]

33. who knows? If we knew "them" they'd have to kill us!

[Kurska]

19. Hamas and Islamic Jihad are both active in Egypt.

I'd assume they would be the "they".

[pjt7]

20. Coming from Egypt

eom.

[Kurska]

26. Yes, terrorists are usually not known to have a great respect for international borders.

Obviously it is up to the Egyptians to police their own territory to prevent incidents like this.

[Chulanowa]

28. Islamic Jihad?

There's a blast from the past. Like leg warmers and shoulder pads. Still, it would explain the bad aim; at their age, you know, the eyes ain't what they used to be.

And if it were Hamas, it would have been thirty rockets and they all would have hit the water. And Hamas would have proclaimed it to be a victory already.

No, my guess is that it was some random dumbasses in Egypt who got their hands on a couple of rockets.

[Kurska]

34. Are you serious?

This is a shortened list of attacks Islamic Jihad has claimed in the past 7 years.

An October 2003 suicide bomb at a Haifa restaurant killed twenty-two and injured sixty;
An October 2005 bomb at a Hadera market killed five people;
An April 2006 suicide attack in Tel Aviv killed eleven;
A January 2007 suicide attack at an Eliat bakery killed three. Both the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades and the PIJ claim joint responsibility.

Beyond those Islamic Jihad has been firing rockets into Israel for years and even claimed at one point to have developed their own rocket. When a random rocket is fired from gaza during one of the "Ceasefires" in all likelihood it came from Islamic Jihad.

Yes Islamic Jihad is still very much active, yes they fire mortars and rockets into Israel, yes it wouldn't be strange at all if they fired these rockets too.

[Borderlineanarchist]

35. Right! DU'ers, by and large...

-- are virulently anti-Arab and vehemently pro-Israel. This sums DU up perfectly.

[Drops_not_Dope]

23. maybe coming from

the West Bank. Oh wait Israel owns that right?

[iandhr]

25. this won't end well.

[Pavulon]

27. How is killing Jordanians helping, almost as effective as splattering pizza eaters..

wow.

[Chulanowa]

29. Maybe it was the CIA and Julian Assange was in Jordan at the time!

:tinfoilhat:

[Kurska]

30. Honestly I don't understand how you can joke about the death of a person

who under any definition of the word would have to be considered completely innocent and uninvolved in this conflict before a rocket came sailing out of the sky and took their life.

[Chulanowa]

31. I'm not

I'm joking about some ridiculous posts made by Paulvon a few days ago.

Go back to the I/P forum, and defend the indefensible some more, Kurska.

[Kurska]

32. I'm glad you've kept your "humor" enough to respond to genuine disgust at pointless murder

with self referential gotcha insults.

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll be sure to take it under consideration.