Israel’s military has announced the closure of Highway 12, which runs along the border with Egypt, today after three grad rockets were fired across the border, landing in an open field. There were no casualties.
The missiles were launched from the Sinai Peninsula into southern Israel, with ISIS affiliate group State of Sinai, previously known as Ansar Beit al-Maqdis claiming responsibility for the strikes into “occupied Palestine.”
This ISIS affiliate has been increasingly active in the past week, including a high-profile attack against Egyptian forces on Wednesday that sparked a day-long battle that left some 200 people killed in the area along the border between Sinai and the Gaza Strip.
This affiliate, which joined ISIS back in October, has also fired rockets at Israel from within the Gaza Strip, a tactic they say is meant to encourage Israel to attack Hamas, another of their foes. The group has often threatened strikes against Israel, but this latest salvo suggests that might be getting to be a more serious threat.
The affiliate has been fighting Egypt’s military junta since the 2013 summer coup. Israel has backed the coup and the junta, and Egyptian officials have talked about “inviting” Israel’s military to join the fight against ISIS in Sinai.
And of course the israelis will blame the Palestinians and use it as an excuse to continue their genocide.
Egypt already has.
Bet they didn't hit anything
its allways an openfield
An open field, or some poor Pal's shack or olive orchard. Never is a jew killed by these rockets. Of course, ISIS is an American-made jewish tool.
Hilarious! As soon as everyone starts to question why ISIS is Zero Threat to Israel, a completely harmless 'attack' happens on Israel which does absolutely nothing. Hummmmmm?!?!
Could not have said it better myself.
When and if ISIS is sending rockets to Israel is when the relation of ISIS and Israel is questioned, secondly when these rockets are sent they have no power and they always land on a "open area" like the latest. Yet ISIS can hit the Iraqi army and the Syrian with rockets that are more accurately hit its targets.
Careful about saying 'always' 'an open field' etc., or 'never' an Israeli casualty. http://mondoweiss.net/2014/07/rocket-deaths-israe…
It aint all or zero. It's very, very few (over many years) casualties total.
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Even prior to 'ISIS,' it was also a mystery who dunnit when it was dun: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/17/opinion/israels…
"For years, it has been the same story: Israeli intelligence discovers information about an impending terrorist attack from Gaza. The Israeli Army takes pre-emptive action with an airstrike against the suspected terror cells, which are often made up of fighters from groups like Islamic Jihad, the Popular Resistance Committees or Salafi groups not under Hamas’s control but functioning within its territory. These cells launch rockets into Israeli towns near Gaza, and they often [or generally?] miss their targets."
It is obvious from the posts here that, this was another "false flag" incident – a group of Israeli Special Forces probably went into Egypt and launched these "rockets" into the empty desert to manufacture an excuse to attack Palestinians for a future "retribution". Clever – deviously so.
Of course the usual open field gets targeted. What do you expect, ISIS, the Israehelli Secret Intelligence Service, is going to target a densely populated area or an Israehelli military base?