Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip have fired some 565 rockets and 200 mortar shells at southern Israel since the Israel Defense Forces launched its offensive on the Hamas-ruled coastal territory on December 27, the Shin Bet announced on Tuesday.
According to the Shin Bet investigation, some 530 of the rockets were fired within the first 16 days of the operation. The Shin Bet estimated that another 35 were fired over the course of Monday and Tuesday, but did not include those numbers in its latest report.
The report does not detail how many were long-range Katyushas, but various sources estimates they number about 10 percent of the total number of rockets fired.
Some 5,700 rockets and another 4,000 mortar shells have been launched at Israel since the beginning of 2005, the Shin Bet said. Of those, more than 2,000 rockets and 1,600 shells were fired in 2008.
During the six-month truce between Israel and Gaza which ended in December, some 361 rockets and 303 mortar shells were launched at Israel. This marks an average of a rocket and a mortar shell a day over the course of the cease-fire period.
Since the firing began in the year 2000, 19 people were killed by rockets and another 18 by mortar shells.
Some 1,272 people have been wounded by rockets and shells since the beginning of the war on Gaza 18 days ago.
- FACTS ARE STUBBORN THINGS.
- THE TRUTH AND THE JEWS CANNOT BE MOVED.
- HAMAS ARE EVIL SCUM.
- ISRAEL HANDED THEM GAZA AND AS A RESULT RECEIVED NOTHING IN RETURN EXCEPT ATTACK AFTER ATTACK - AND THREATS OF GENOCIDE.
- HAMAS MUST BE TAUGHT A LESSON.
- ONE THE WORLD MUST LEARN, TOO:
- ISRAEL IS HERE TO STAY.
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Facts:
Hamas has killed 37 people with rockets and shells since year 2000.
Israel has killed over 1000 persons in Gaza the last 18 days.
*Israel is trying to destroy the people of Gaza
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