NEWS ABOUT: Sderot
Sderot stories: 5 news briefs
Residents still fear rockets, think war should have continued
New York Times Jan 21, 09 8:18 AM CST
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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 near the Gaza border, the New York Times finds that many Israelis are worried that any ceasefire will be short-lived.
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GOP candidate supports response to rocket attacks from Gaza
Reuters Mar 19, 08 4:33 PM CDT
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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 retaliate for the strikes.
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Haaretz (Israel) Mar 13, 08 7:44 AM CDT
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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 Israelis in the West Bank yesterday, which claimed four lives, reports Haaretz .
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Rice voices concern after retaliatory strikes kill militants, baby
Reuters Feb 28, 08 11:15 AM CST
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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 nearby buildings. Condoleezza Rice decried the strikes' civilian toll after meeting with Israeli PM Ehud Olmert in Tokyo.
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Predawn strike hits tent in Gaza boot camp
Haaretz (Israel) Sep 11, 07 4:11 AM CDT
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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 for the attack.
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