Latest escalation in terrorist activities from the Gaza Strip

Latest escalation in terrorist activities from the Gaza Strip: "Latest escalation in terrorist activities from the Gaza Strip
The situation on the ground as of 12:00 hours, April 10, 2011 1


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Israeli school bus attacked by Hamas with an anti-tank missile
(Photo by Adi Israel, courtesy of NRG)
Overview

1. On the afternoon of April 7, 2011, Hamas fired a guided anti-tank missile at an Israeli school bus in the western Negev. Following that event, over the weekend there was an escalation of approximately 120 rockets and mortar shells fired at Israeli population centers in southern Israel, including Beersheba, Ashdod and Ashqelon, the three largest cities in the south. Eight rockets were intercepted by the Israeli Iron Dome aerial defense system, preventing direct hits on cities in the south (the system is not used to intercept rockets falling in open areas). After a relatively quiet night, intermittent rocket and mortar shell fire attacks continued on April 10."