#sdot negev

[eretzyisrael]

JNS reports:

Israel’s Cabinet voted on Sunday to establish a new community along the border with the Gaza Strip. The future town, to be named Hanun, will be located in the Sdot Negev Region and eventually be inhabited by some 500 families. “The establishment of the community is further evidence of the resilience of the [citizens living in the] ‘Gaza envelope’ and the power of the State of Israel. We’re proud to build up the Land of Israel and we’re proud to strengthen settlement in all parts of our land,” said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Hamas calls Israel building a community within the Green Line a "dangerous escalation"  - and threatened it:

The Hamas movement confirmed that the continuation of the Zionist occupation government with its aggressive settlement policies in our land, the latest of which was its announcement today, Sunday, of building a settlement near the Gaza Strip, constitutes a dangerous escalation that will not bring the settlers security or stability, and will not grant the occupation legitimacy or sovereignty over our land. In a press statement, today, Sunday, Hamas stressed that the occupation government is solely responsible for its disregard for settling settlers near the Gaza Strip, and for putting them in danger, and it bears full responsibility for its settlement escalation throughout the occupied West Bank. The movement called on the international community to shoulder its responsibility in curbing those racist occupation policies that threaten peace and security in the region.

The English announcement stressed "colonialism" while the Arabic one (above) directly threatened the community.

Just more proof that it isn't the "occupation" that Palestinians are upset at - it is Israel's existence.

And this is a story that Western media still barely reports.

[infosisraelnews]

Sirènes dans le Néguev occidental : un jour après la publication du plan de retour des habitants

Lundi matin, les sirènes de « l’enfer Tseva » ont retenti dans les communautés frontalières du Néguev occidental. Selon Tsahal, le signal de la défense aérienne a retenti dans les kibboutzim Nir Oz, Nirim et Ein HaShlosha sur le territoire des conseils régionaux d’Eshkol et Sdot Negev. “Un tir de roquette a été enregistré depuis la bande de Gaza”, a indiqué l’armée. Il s’agit de la première…

[houseclouds]

Aftermath of a rocket fired from Gaza that hit a synagogue in Sdot Negev, southern Israel. Casualties unknown.

[thejewishlink]

Gaza terror balloons spark nine fires in southern Israel

Gaza terror balloons spark nine fires in southern Israel

Firefighters battle blazes as Jerusalem expects tensions to increase Incendiary balloons launched by Gaza terrorists sparked nine fires in southern Israel on Monday as firefighters battled blazes in the Sdot Negev and Eshkol region throughout the day. Fire and Rescue Services investigators said they were investigating a tenth fire. Local authorities in the Gaza area blamed the government for not…

[thejerusalempost]

Fire broke out in Sdot Negev Regional Council, act of terror suspected http://dlvr.it/R6QMPS http://dlvr.it/R6QMPS

[eretzyisrael]

Eleven fires broke out from morning until this hour (Monday) in the communities surrounding the Gaza Strip - all of them from incendiary balloons launched into Israel.

Firefighting teams, together with KKL-JNF personnel, have been operating since morning to control the flames and extinguish them.

One of the balloons landed in a kindergarten in the Sdot Negev Regional Council, a few minutes after the end of the school day. There were no casualties and no damage was done.

In the Nir Am reservoir fire broke out and burned the memorial site of Assaf Siboni, who was killed in the helicopter disaster.

Sdot Negev Regional Council head Tamir Idan said "the incendiary balloon that fell today in the kindergarten in the council could have caused disaster had it landed a few minutes earlier.

"Every day there are fires in the vicinity, and there's no proper response from Israel," said Idan.

MK Alon Shuster of the Blue and White Party blamed the government for the situation. "This time, terror hit a particularly dear spot: the Asaf Siboni Observation Point, the epicenter of the helicopter disaster that was set up by Shlomit Siboni, his mother, was burned down today by fire terror. I spoke now with her and her daughter, Dafna, and I was encouraged by their determined spirit, which is indeed in pain but they're already considering the next steps to refurbish the point.

"Of course it doesn't move the Prime Minister and Defense Minister. Burning of memorial sites for fallen IDF soldiers or agricultural fields - just like the deaths of four civilians in the previous round of fighting - is not a sufficient incentive to change the status quo policy vis-à-vis the Gaza Strip, and the only future he promises to Gaza area residents is 'what was is what will be'," Shuster says.

[thisdaynews]

ISRAEL UNDER ATTACK: Over 200 rockets fired by Islamic terrorists at the Jewish State in massive barrage, as all-out war is feared

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ISRAEL UNDER ATTACK: Over 200 rockets fired by Islamic terrorists at the Jewish State in massive barrage, as all-out war is feared

Gary Willig

A bus on the Israeli side of the border was struck by gunfire from the Gaza Strip Monday afternoon, the IDF stated.

The bus was reportedly empty at the time of the attack. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push(); In addition, red alert sirens sounded across southern Israel as dozens of rockets were fired at Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip. Sirens have been heard in Sderot, Netivot, the Be’er Sheva area, and the Sdot Negev, Ashkelon Beach, Shaar Hanegev and Eshkol councils.

The IDF has identified at least 200 rocket launches from the Gaza Strip. A number of rockets were intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense system.

The IDF has identified at least 200 rocket launches from the Gaza Strip. A number of rockets were intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense system. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push();

Sirens were reported as far east as the Judean desert and the Dead Sea area.

A 19-year-old man was seriously wounded in a mortar attack on an Israeli community in the Gaza periphery. United Hatzalah reported that ten people have been treated for injuries received from rocket shrapnel and for shock. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push(); Gaza officials have reported that the IDF struck a Hamas observation post in the northern Gaza Strip Monday afternoon. No casualties were reported in the strike on the observation post. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push(); The violence follows a skirmish Sunday in which seven Hamas terrorists were killed, including Nur Barakeh, commander of the eastern battalion of Hamas’ Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam Brigades in Khan Yunis. An IDF Lieutenant Colonel was also killed in the gunfight

[gozer123]

Israeli farmers powerless in face of Palestinian incendiary kite terror 

Source: Israeli farmers powerless in face of Palestinian incendiary kite terror – Israel Hayom

A huge fire reduces dozens of acres in Be’eri Forest into ash after three incendiary kites hit trees • Several agricultural fields hit as well • Sdot Negev Regional Council head: This kind of terrorism is life-threatening. We are not taking it lightly.

Nikki Guttman and Israel Hayom Staff  One of the…

[dzismis]

Wiadomosci z Izraela dzien po dniu 13.2

Wiadomosci z Izraela dzien po dniu 13.2

13 lutego 2020 r.

władze wodne poinformowały, że w ciągu ostatniej doby poziom wody jeziora Kinneret wzrósł o 3,5 cm, osiągając poziom 209,96 metrów poniżej poziomu morza – jest to nadal 1,16 metra poniżej poziomu oznaczającego stan napełnienia jeziora.

Palestyńczycy kontynuowali wypuszczanie ze Strefy Gazy balonów z podwieszonymi ładunkami wybuchowymi. Balony odkryto w Sdot Negev i Sderot. W…

[thejewishlink]

Airborne Explosive Charges from Gaza Land in Israel’s South

Airborne Explosive Charges from Gaza Land in Israel’s South

By TPS • 24 March, 2019

Gazan-based terrorists on Sunday continued with their campaign of airborne explosive terrorism against the residents of Israel’s south.

A bunch of balloons attached to a suspicious object fell on a kibbutz in the area of ??the Sdot Negev Regional Council. A police sapper was alerted to the scene to dismantle the suspicious object.

Earlier in the day, a balloon…

[oddepia]

Incendiary balloons from Gaza ignite fire in border community

Incendiary balloons from Gaza ignite fire in border community

Jerusalem Post – Incendiary balloons launched from Gaza started a fire in the Sdot Negev Regional Council, an Israeli community bordering Gaza, on Sunday.  Source: New feed

[whittlebaggett8]

IDF: “Following the report of the red alert in the regional councils Shaar Haneg…

IDF: “Following the report of the red alert in the regional councils Shaar Hanegev and Sdot Negev, two missile launches were identified from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory. The air defense system was activated, Iron Dome batteries intercepted one launch.” https://t.co/ZiRMDHltDf

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[eretzyisrael]

Rocket sirens blared throughout the predawn hours of Wednesday morning in the Israeli communities surrounding the Gaza Strip as Palestinians launched over a dozen rockets at southern Israel after the military struck a Hamas vehicle in the center of the coastal enclave.

The alarms rang out in towns and small communities throughout the Eshkol, Sha’ar Hanegev, Sdot Negev and Hof Ashkelon regions, several times from approximately 1:45 a.m. to 4 a.m., sending thousands of Israeli running into bomb shelters.

At least three rockets were intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense system. There were no reports of casualties or damage in Israel. In addition, no rocket impacts were reported inside Israeli communities.

In the hours following the flareup, the army and the relevant regional councils held a “situational assessment” meeting and decided to allow schools to open as usual on Wednesday. No special instructions were given to residents of the area, according to local government officials.

Throughout the day on Tuesday, Palestinians launched incendiary balloons into southern Israel, sparking several fires in the area.

In response, shortly after 1 a.m. on Wednesday, the Israel Defense Forces launched a number of strikes in the Gaza Strip. One targeted a car that the army said belonged to a senior Hamas operative involved in the airborne arson attacks. The army said it also used an additional aircraft and a tank to strike two Hamas outposts in the north of the Strip.

Palestinians said the vehicle that was hit belonged to one of the Hamas terror group’s field commanders and was parked in Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp. There were no casualties reported, indicating the car was empty at the time.

The Israel Defense Forces issued a warning to Hamas after the rocket attacks, saying the group “would pay the price for the terror and the instability.”

In recent weeks, the military has adopted a policy of targeting Hamas positions in response to repeated incendiary kite and balloon attacks from Gaza in an effort to force the group, which rules the coastal enclave, to stop launching the arson devices and to force others in the Strip to abandon the tactic as well.

However, Hamas is attempting to maintain that the near-constant airborne arson attacks, which have burned thousands of acres of Israeli land, do not warrant retaliatory strikes by Israel and therefore accuses Jerusalem of violating the tacit ceasefire between the two sides.

“Bombings will be answered with bombings,” Hamas said after its rocket attacks on Wednesday.

It was the third such exchange between Israel and Hamas in recent weeks. On June 18 and 20, Hamas and its ally the Iran-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad launched similar rocket and mortar attacks at southern Israel after the IDF conducted airstrikes against Hamas positions in response to repeated arson attacks.

On Tuesday, Palestinians said Israeli drones destroyed two cars and an observation post in Gaza that were being used by a group of Palestinians to launch incendiary balloons into southern Israel. The military confirmed that its aircraft conducted three strikes in response to repeated arson attacks from the coastal enclave.

No Palestinian injuries were reported.

The IDF conducted similar airstrikes on Sunday, firing at groups of Gazans launching incendiary kites and balloons into southern Israel. In one case, three people were injured as an IDF drone fired a missile at a cart being used by the group, according to local Palestinian media.

On Monday, a total of 11 fires were caused in southern Israel by airborne arson devices, according to local government officials.

The Israeli military has carried out multiple warning strikes in recent weeks at groups of Gazans preparing to launch incendiary devices toward Israel. The army has said repeatedly that it will act to prevent the launch of the airborne incendiary devices and explosives.

Since March 30, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have launched countless kites, balloons and inflated latex condoms bearing flammable materials, and occasionally explosives, into Israeli territory, sparking near-daily fires that have burned thousands of acres of farmland, parks and forests.

Israeli leaders have warned that the military is prepared to take more intense offensive action against the phenomenon.

Israeli leaders have been split on how to respond to those responsible for the airborne arson attacks, with some calling for the IDF to shoot the kite flyers and balloon launchers on sight, while others argue that it would be a step too far.

[adamshanelawes]

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a security assessment at the headquarters of the IDF Gaza Division, with the participation of Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman, Deputy IDF Chief-of-Staff Maj.-Gen. Aviv Kochavi, National Security Council Director Meir Ben-Shabbat, ISA Director Nadav Argaman and senior security establishment officials.

Following the security assessment Prime Minister Netanyahu said: "I have just finished an assessment with the heads of the IDF and the security establishment senior leadership. Israel views with utmost gravity the attacks against it on the fence, on the area adjacent to the Gaza Strip, on Be'er Sheva – everywhere. I said, at the start of the weekly Cabinet meeting, that if these attacks do not stop – we will stop them.

I want to tell you today as well – Israel will take very strong action."

Prime Minister Netanyahu toured the IDF Gaza Division command center where he met with the look-outs who, this morning, identified the launch cell that was stopped by the IDF, and expressed appreciation for the work and activity of the command center.

Following the tour, Prime Minister Netanyahu met with the Sdot Negev Regional Council and with local council heads from the area adjacent to the Gaza Strip: Sdot Negev Regional Council Chairman Tamir Idan, Sderot Mayor Alon Davidi, Hof Ashkelon Regional Council Chairman Yair Farjun, Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council Chairman Alon Schuster and Eshkol Regional Council Chairman Gadi Yarkoni.

Photos: Amos Ben Gershom, GPO

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Report: Terror balloon lands in kindergarten, no casualties reported - Breaking News - Jerusalem Post

Report: Terror balloon lands in kindergarten, no casualties reported – Breaking News – Jerusalem Post

A burning terror balloon launched from the Gaza Strip on Tuesday landed in a kindergarten in nearby Sdot Negev when children were playing in its yard.

A kindergarten teacher kept the children away from the balloon and called fire fighters. No casualties were reported.

via Report: Terror balloon lands in kindergarten, no casualties reported – Breaking News – Jerusalem Post

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Terror balloon lands in kindergarten in Israel, No casualties reported …

As tensions continue to rise in Israel, According to reports, a burning “terror balloon” was launched from the Gaza Strip on Tuesday and landed in a kindergarten in nearby Sdot Negev while children were

reportedly playing in its yard. The report indicated that a kindergarten teacher nearby kept the children away from the balloon and called firefighters to intervene. As of now, No casualties were reported.