Israeli killed in massive Qassam barrage on Negev

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At least one person was killed, several were wounded and many were treated for shock Wednesday as least 30 Qassam rockets slammed into the western Negev town of Sderot and surrounding communities.

The 30-year-old student killed in the strike was apparently in a car, parked next to Sapir College on the outskirts of Sderot, which was hit by a Qassam. He suffered lethal shrapnel wounds to the chest.

The rocket barrage occurred hours after an Israel Air Force strike killed five Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip who were apparently planning a large scale terrorist attack against Israel after having been trained in Iran. The Shin Bet security service ventured a guess that the severity of the rocket attack against Israel Wednesday afternoon reflected the central role the dead Hamas men had played in the organization. Palestinian officials said two more people, including a civilian, were killed in a second IAF airstrike carried out immediately after the Qassam attack against Sderot.

One of the Qassam rockets directly hit a home in Sderot, while another exploded in a factory mess hall shortly after the workers had exited.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/958695.html

[Mountainman]

1. For some reason I can't get up any sympathy for either side in this fight.

I don't understand how people can choose to fight each other rather than to find a way to live together in peace. My guess is that adults continue to teach hate to their children. You are not born with hate you learn it.

If a generation of children could live with out the hate being taught this would stop.

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2. I don't have much sympathy with the governments, such as they are.

I sympathize with people caught in the middle of the mess.

You are quite right that it will take generations, if ever, to "fix" the mess.