Tag Archives: Beer Sheva

Pillar of Cloud: The End? Ceasefire declared

Posted on 22 November 2012 by

The 8th day of Operation Pillar of Cloud, or Pillar of Defense, has come to an end, and with it the operation itself, with a “ceasefire” which went into effect at 9 p.m. local time. The reason I wrote ceasefire … Continue reading →

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Pillar of Cloud: And on the 7th day the rocket fire increased dramatically

Posted on 20 November 2012 by

Today is the 7th day of Operation Pillar of Cloud (or Pillar of Defense) but instead of resting, the Hamas terrorists in Gaza are pounding southern Israel with a huge and constant barrage of missiles. From the Muqata’s live-blog (as … Continue reading →

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Pillar of Cloud: Updates for Day 6 amid talks about ceasefire

Posted on 20 November 2012 by

Once again apologies for the lateness of this blog post. Day 6 of Operation Pillar of Cloud was marked by a decline in rocket attacks from Gaza and talk about a possible ceasefire. “Decline in rocket attacks” however is only … Continue reading →

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Missiles on Tel Aviv and other updates on Operation Pillar of Cloud

Posted on 16 November 2012 by

This second day of Operation Pillar of Cloud (or Defense) has been full of sound and fury, signifying hopefully very much indeed. Apart from the dreadful news of the 3 Israeli casualties this morning, and 3 IDF soldiers injured in … Continue reading →

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Day 2 of Operation Pillar of Cloud update: 3 killed in Kiryat Malachi

Posted on 15 November 2012 by

I was living in hope and praying that there would be no Israeli casualties in Operation Amud Annan but sadly this was not to be.  And events overtook me before I managed to publish this post. The death toll in … Continue reading →

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It doesn’t stop – at least 16 rockets fired at Israel overnight

Posted on 29 October 2012 by

Just in case you thought that things had quietened down after the last barrage, you would be sadly mistaken. As usual, it all began when Israel hit back first. Early on Sunday, Palestinian terrorists fired two Grad rockets at Beer … Continue reading →

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