Ashkelon, Israel +Rocket Explodes in Mall+ Lots of emergency personal are responding to a shopping center in Ashkelon for a rocket that was fired from Gaza and exploded in the Hutzot Shopping Center top floor of the building, as of now six are reported hurt, according to Ichud Hatzolah 25 have been injured 3 of them are in serious condition and the others in moderate.
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The attack came as Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and US President George W. Bush concluded their meeting in Jerusalem.
U/D: 11:40. AM
All trapped victims are freed at this time. Hamas is claiming responsibility. israeli media reporting that the the warning alarm did not sound.
U/D 1:23 PM
a total of 78 where injuird, 4 in serious condition
oy nebach hashem yerachem!!!!!! now i hope Bush can see that peace with these animals thats a good way of describing these monsters wont work!!!!! but why the heck does bush and rice keep on pressuring israel….. olmert for his own sake to saty in office should just ignore everyone israel has to live in fear and everyone tells us what to do lets see them live this way every second of each day!!!!!!!!! the golus is at its final days as wee see whats going around in china and the cyclone how thousands upon thousand dead in the last week itself…..
Any leader that allow his country to be attacked is a traitor!!
bibi said it best. (of course Hashem is in charge) but if arabs put down their weapons, there would be no more violence. if israel put down its weapons, there would be no israel!
If I were Olmert, I would allow certain Jewish groups to quietly buy mortars and rockets and if they happen to toss a couple over to the Gaza Cities every time they tossed one blindly at us, I would look the other way and wring my hands and cry I cant control these animals.
If there is no “state” to take responsibility then the “state” cannot be held accountable.
anon 12:32
well bibi had his chances he wasnt better… all of a sudden when they are running for office they know how to play the game
May Hashem send a Refuah Shleima to all those that were injured.
Remember, an injury is only minor if it happens to someone else.
where were all you people when 10,000 died in china
and thousands wire killed by the cyclone…did you fell their pain
To Humanitarian:
The grief expressed by us Jews on the attack on Israel, is by no means a beliittlement of the other tragedies which transpired elsewhere in the world.
When G-d forbid one’s relative dies,the grief experienced by close family members is overwhelming. Friends feel a sadness but perhaps a bit less. Casual acquaintances are one more step removed from that sorrow and so on and so forth.
When tragedy, Hashem Yishmareinu, strikes Israel we are a grieving family. Our brothers in Israel are our flesh and blood.
When tragedy hits elsewhere in the world we grieve too. However, there is no comparison to the pain felt when the attack hits close to our hearts.
When 9-11 happened we all felt a horrible pain. As American Jews an attack on American soil was an attack on our Beloved Homeland in exile. I’m quite sure that on that day a foreigner who was watching the news abroad did not feel the acute sorrow and anger we felt here. Those events were not as traumatic from a distant vantage point.
This is not a fault but rather it is human nature.