http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2012/11/16/israel-gaza-war/1709409/
3:26PM EST November 16. 2012 - JERUSALEM
— Rockets landed outside of Jerusalem and two struck near Tel Aviv on
Friday night, panicking people who have normally been outside the range
of the missile attacks coming from Hamas-controlled Gaza.
Sirens
wailed to warn people in the Israeli capital that a rocket strike was
imminent and many people scrambled for basements, but the missiles
appeared to have landed in an open area outside Jerusalem, according to
the Israeli government.
The holy line will be crossed if Jerusalem is touched. The "red line", referenced by Benjamin Netanyahu with regards to other issues.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said a ground offensive
will be launched against Hamas if the rockets do not stop. Israel
conducted just such an offensive in the winter of 2008 when Hamas
unleashed a barrage of rockets.
On Friday night, Israeli Defense
Minister Ehud Barak approved an expansion of the draft of reserve
soldiers to more than 75,000 army reservists if needed, according to
Israel Channel 2. Trucks and tanks have been massing toward the border.
Israel
began calling up as many as 30,000 reservists Thursday. Such call-ups
are not done often, due to the disruptions they cause and the expense of
mobilizing a civilian army. Many reservists received the order 6 a.m.
Friday and, within hours, were on their way to Israel's border with Gaza
in the south.
Hours before the Jewish Sabbath was set to begin, religious Israelis
used social media to call on Jews around the world to recite Psalms on
behalf of the country's soldiers. Rabbis said Jews in bomb shelters
should not light Sabbath candles.
Done. Amen.
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