A rocket hit a shopping mall center on Wednesday in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon, wounding at least 14 people -- including a mother and an infant -- the Israeli military and emergency officials said. Islamic Jihad sources said the militant group claimed responsibility for the attack, although Israel always holds Gaza's Hamas leadership responsible for attacks carried out by militants in Gaza. Israeli police identified the missile that hit Ashkelon as a Grad rocket, which has a longer range than the Qassam rockets frequently used by Palestinian militants in Gaza. There has been a steady increase in rocket and mortar launchings from Gaza since Hamas took control of the territory last year. A rocket strike on Monday killed an Israeli woman and a mortar attack from Gaza on Friday killed an Israeli man. Militants in Gaza have launched approximately 2,000 mortars and rockets since the start of 2008, about the same number as were launched in all of 2007.
Rico says Gaza has been a mistake since 1948, and isn't getting any better. There should be a little diaspora of the Palestinians who want to leave to either the West Bank or Egypt (as if Egypt would want them), or the Mediterranean if they don't want to leave. Heartless? Sure, but so are these random rocket attacks. The other option is to line up D11
Cats blade-to-blade along the southern border of Gaza (that's only about 8000 dozers; Israel could get a deal) and just push the whole mess into the Med...
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