Many people think Hamas as only been firing rockets into Israel since the start of Operation Pillar of Defense, starting six days ago. In fact, Hamas has been targeting the Israeli Home Front since 2001, and firing rockets on a near-daily basis for years. Here’s a stream of selected tweets from the last year alone:
Update: over the weekend 2 rockets launched from #Gaza hit southern #Israel.
— IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) November 26, 2011
2 rockets fired from #Gaza just landed in Eshkol Regional Council, home to 11,000 Israelis #IDF #Hamas #terror
— IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) December 28, 2011
Breaking: Another rocket fired from #Gaza lands in Hof Ashkelon, making it 55 rockets fired at #Israel since the beginning of 2012
— IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) February 25, 2012
— IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) February 25, 2012
Please RT: 67 rockets landed in #Israel + 27 #IronDome interceptions = 94 rockets fired from #Gaza over weekend #IsraelUnderFire — IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) March 10, 2012
Last update: November 20, 2012
Photos: Farm building ruined by direct #Gaza rocket hit ow.ly/9ArnN #IsraelUnderFire #StopTerror
— IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) March 11, 2012
Update: So far today, 6 rockets launched from #Gaza hit southern #Israel.
— IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) March 13, 2012
Breaking: Rocket fired from #Gaza hits Eshkol Regional Council in southern #Israel.
— IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) June 3, 2012
Update: 3 more rockets fired from #Gaza hit southern #Israel. That’s the 28th to hit #Israel today
— IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) June 19, 2012
Update: today 55 rockets were fired from #Gaza into #Israel and 99 fired over the past 72 hours
— IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) June 20, 2012
Update: Over 30 rockets fired from #Gaza hit southern #Israel since this morning.
— IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) October 8, 2012
Update: Over 30 rockets fired from #Gaza hit southern #Israel since this morning.
— IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) October 8, 2012
A chicken coop damaged by the rocket fire
6 rockets fired from #Gaza into #Israel in last 6 hours, and 2 terrorist squads intercepted while trying to fire more. ow.ly/eIoHC
— IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) October 23, 2012
Today 26 rockets fired from #Gaza hit southern #Israel. ow.ly/i/14sRc
— IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) October 29, 2012
Update: today 16 rockets fired from #Gaza hit southern #Israel. Over 1 million people are living under fire.
— IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) November 10, 2012
PHOTO: 2 critically wounded by 50+ rockets fired from #Gaza into #Israel in last 8 hours ow.ly/i/13na2
— IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) October 24, 2012
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