Wednesday, September 28, 2005
News From the Gaza Front
This is an Israeli M109AL 155 mm self-propelled howitzer at a staging area near Kibbutz Nahal Oz, just outside the northern Gaza Strip.
Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz pledged Tuesday to step up pressure on the militants, who won't stop firing Qassam rockets into Israel from Gaza, saying a ground invasion into Gaza is possible as a last resort. He spoke as he toured an Israeli artillery battery near Gaza.
"This battery ... is not meant to be decoration. It is operational, within range and it will respond against every firing of a Qassam in real time, and that is to deter," he said.
Not decoration indeed. See the shells on the extreme left with the eye bolt in the top. They have not been fused. The rest of the shells, with sharp black points and white stripes at the top--they're ready to go. As is the IDF if the Palestinians don't get smart and quit waging ineffective war against Israel which will be serious and efficient in its response.
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 6:49 AM 
