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NEWS ABOUT: Sderot

Sderot stories: 5 news summaries

Israelis Near Gaza See Slim— or No—Victory

Residents still fear rockets, think war should have continued

Jan 21, 09 8:18 AM CST
(Newser) - When Israel began its raid of the Gaza Strip three weeks ago, the government said its goal was to end rocket attacks and sniper fire into the country's south. Polls show that most Israelis supported the war, despite the staggering civilian casualties. But in interviews with farmers and other residents... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • rocket attacks • war • Qassam • Sderot

 Israel Peace
 Not Imminent:
 McCain 

GOP candidate supports response to rocket attacks from Gaza

Mar 19, 08 4:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain's tour of the Middle East continued today in Sderot, an Israeli town hit frequently by rockets from the Gaza Strip, Reuters reports. The Republican presidential candidate said he doubts peace between Israel and the Palestinians will be reached this year, and added that he supports Israel's rights to... More »

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Israel • John McCain • Gaza • Sderot

 Jihad Rockets Hit 
 Israel After Raid  

Moratorium collapses

Mar 13, 08 7:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - A week-long moratorium on rocket attacks in Israel exploded today when the militant group Islamic Jihad fired two rockets into the town of Sderot on the Gaza border. Nobody was injured in the attack. The radical Palestinian group claims its rocket launch was in retaliation for a raid by the... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Palestine • Hamas • rocket attacks • West Bank • Ismail Haniya • Israel and Palestinians • Islamic Jihad • Sderot

UPDATED

Israel Pounds Hamas Targets in Gaza Strip

Rice voices concern after retaliatory strikes kill militants, baby

Feb 28, 08 11:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Israel hit targets inside the Gaza Strip today, including an apparent warning attack near the Hamas PM's home, after a rocket killed an Israeli student, Reuters reports. Two days of violence have left 17 Palestinians dead, including a 6-month-old baby who died when a strike on a Hamas-run ministry damaged... More »

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Israel • Middle East • Ehud Olmert • Gaza • Hamas • Condoleezza Rice • rocket attacks • Palestinians • Sderot • airstrike

Rocket Attack Wounds Scores of Israeli Troops

Predawn strike hits tent in Gaza boot camp

Sep 11, 07 4:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - At least 66 Israeli soldiers were wounded by a Qassam rocket fired into Israeli territory from inside the Gaza strip early today. The missile struck a tent in an Israeli basic training camp in the northern Negev desert near the community of Kibbutz Zikkim, reports Ha'aretz. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility... More »

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Israel • Gaza • missile • IDF • Qassam • Islamic Jihad • Beit Hanun • Sderot • rocket • Kibbutz Zikkim

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