Kassam Rockets Continue to Fall on Israel*

13:52 Oct 30, '06 / 7 Cheshvan 5767
by Hillel Fendel

2-4 Kassam rockets were fired at Sderot and the western Negev this
morning, damaging a building and sending a woman into shock. Sderot
residents protested outside their neighbor DM Peretz's home.

The IDF reported on two rockets, while other sources reported on either
three or four rockets. At least one Kassam landed near Kibbutz Netiv
HaAsarah, just north of the Gaza border, and another one landed in the
city of Sderot.

Several rockets were fired at Sderot over the weekend, including two on
Saturday morning, and another was fired towards Ashkelon on Friday
night. One missile landed in the Elite chocolate factory, according to
Sderot blogger Mechi Fendel.

Close to 500 Sderot residents protested last night (Saturday) outside
the home of Defense Minister Amir Peretz, Chairman of the Labor Party
and a resident and former mayor of the city. They held torches and
signs, calling upon the government to undertake a major military
offensive in Gaza to stop the Kassam rockets.

Sderot municipality spokesman Yossi Cohen said he regretted that more
people - out of the town of 23,000 - did not come to the
privately-organized protest. He said that Mayor Eli Moyal will be
starting a different type of protest next week. Moyal will visit the
United Nations in New York and the General Assembly in Los Angeles, in
an effort to awaken American Jewry to the dire situation in Sderot.