Gaza Mortar Fire Kills Child In Southern Israel: Army

[Purveyor]

Source: Agence France-Presse

AN Israeli child was killed by mortar fire from Gaza last night, the Israeli army said, bringing the number of civilians killed in Israel during the 46-day conflict with Hamas to four.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Hamas it would pay a “heavy price’’ for the child’s death.

“A short while ago, a mortar hit near a kindergarten in the Sdot Negev regional council, killing an Israeli child,” a statement from the army read.

The victim was the first child in Israel to be killed by projectiles fired by Palestinian militants since July 8.

Read more: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/gaza-mortar-fire-kills-child-in-southern-israel-army/story-e6frg6so-1227033926388?nk=1a037fe34b500280d9100334d47af9c4

[Ash_F]

1. I did not know they had mortars.

Who manufactured them?

[Marrah_G]

2. mostly handmade I think

[Ash_F]

7. That is surprising because I think that would take quite a bit of engineering.

More so than the rockets which are largely ineffective.

[Marrah_G]

8. not completely sure what the difference is

[Ash_F]

10. I am not an engineer, but I have some background in machining

It is just my opinion that mortars are much harder to make and would take a full scale manufacturing plant versus the rockets, which would only take a simple machining shop.

A mortar:



A home-made Gaza rocket:

[Marrah_G]

11. Thank you!

[seveneyes]

13. Mortar and rounds easier than rockets

Strong pipe, Black Powder lift charge, Explosive projectile with setback impact or delay fuse.

[RiverNoord]

14. Yep - it's easy to build a mortar

The big fireworks displays in the US basically use mortars.

[Ash_F]

16. Those are really simple compared to the one I posted.

I've handled those too.

[Ash_F]

15. They certainly sound deadlier than rockets

Well there is a big difference between their Quassam rockets and American Hellfire missiles.

I am guessing the mortars are Russian or American made. Likely coming through Egypt.

[Recursion]

34. People with basic machine tools can make mortars in their garage

That's why so many insurgencies use them.

[Hugabear]

3. How many civilians has Israel killed so far?

bringing the number of civilians killed in Israel during the 46-day conflict with Hamas to four.

I suspect Israel has killed a lot more civilians than that.

[HERVEPA]

6. Which makes this so much less relevant of course.

[Quackers]

19. Four is the number killed inside Israel.

The number killed by them, I'm not sure.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

21. It doesn't matter to the families of

the children. They just want them back.

Likud and Hamas: a match made in hell.

[bravenak]

27. "Likud and Hamas: a match made in hell."

I hate them both.

[Marrah_G]

4. Very, very sad

Children die because adults are incapable of coming to fair compromises...like adults.

If it were up to me I would toss the leaders of Israel, Gaza and the West Bank all in a room with no AC, food or water and let them sit there until they decide to act like reasonable human beings.

[bemildred]

5. So much for "You can all go back to your homes now." nt

[bemildred]

17. Gaza rocket hits Israeli synagogue

Jerusalem - A rocket fired from Gaza hit a synagogue in the Israeli city of Ashdod on Friday, wounding three people, police said.

"There is damage at the scene and a number of people were injured by shrapnel," police spokesperson Micky Rosenfeld said. The attack came shortly before evening prayers ahead of the Jewish Sabbath. Ashdod is around 30km from Gaza.

Hamas and other militant groups fired more than two dozen rockets into Israel on Friday, injuring two other people, with no signs of a let up in the six-week war.

http://www.news24.com/World/News/Gaza-rocket-hits-Israeli-synagogue-20140822

[Marrah_G]

9. Just saw another airstike in Gaza city on the livefeed :(

I have a feeling things will get very bad tonight because the child was killed.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Hamas it would pay a “heavy price’’ for the child’s death.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

22. Yeah, more dead children.

[Archae]

12. Yeah, but Hamas can do no wrong...

That child hit by a mortar? It was his/her own fault, since he /she was a Jew.

(Well, that is exactly what Hamas has said.)

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

24. And Israel has said no different.

Hamas+ Likud: They're all fucking bastards.

[oberliner]

25. Likud is one of several parties in the current Israeli government coalition

Likud on its own only has 20 seats. Yesh Atid, another coalition member, has 19.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

28. Under what party does Bibi the baby killer

hang his hat?

[oberliner]

29. I don't think you understand how Israeli politics works

It's not like what we have in the US - or, say Jordan and Egypt.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

31. I asked what party was Bibi the baby killer the head of.

You couldn't answer that it is Likud.

Now why is that?

[BrainDrain]

18. My response...

SFW!!!!! How many Palestinian children of the same age have been killed in the last YEAR, or even better, in the last month by Israeli bombs and bullets??!!

As tragic as the death of child is, i weep no tears for this hypocrisy.

[MrBig]

20. That's a Very Disturbing Response

The death of a child, whether Israeli or Palestinian, is tragic and sad. The number of children killed in this conflict is alarming, regardless of their ethnicity. It can be 1 child on one side and 90 children on the other (those aren't actual numbers, I don't know the numbers) - all 91 deaths are tragedies and important.

Don't let your bias of the conflict impact your morals to the point that the death of an innocent child is not important or worth your time. Otherwise, you become the people you protest against.

[MFM008]

23. Israel

seems to think a 500 to 1 ratio is ok. They are hitting Gaza with WMDs wiping out entire family groups. Its amazing to me there is anything else to destroy.

[oberliner]

26. Most countries try to limit their own casualties to as few as possible.

Ideally they do everything they can to get that number close to zero.

What was the ratio, for instance, of American to Iraqi civilians killed in that invasion?

[Rhinodawg]

30. grrrrrrrrrr

THAT was a bad mistake from Hamas

[unreadierLizard]

32. This is what Hamas wants!

The death of innocents, the destruction of Israel, and the slaughter of all the infidels in what they see as "their land".

Fucking savages. I hope Israel annihilates them and frees the Palestinians from the Islamo-fascist hate Hamas imposes.

[Recursion]

33. I wonder when people will ask why Israel uses civilians as human shields by settling them so close

to a war zone? (Or, in the West Bank, within it. Actually in Gaza until a few years ago, too.)

[Iamthetruth]

35. No doubt some on this board will cheer

Keeping score, right.