Southern Israel Under Attack! Continuous Updates

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4 Kislev 5779

12 November 2018

Southern Israel Under Attack! Continuous Updates

10:45 pm

At least 12 more barrages of missiles since 9 pm. The IDF spokesman, notorious for suppressing the real number of attacks, announced at 10:00 pm that terrorists in Gaza have now fired more than 300 missiles at southern Israel.

300 missiles in 5 hours. 

Apparently, the IDF has been given a green light to attack the terrorists, but with an IDF headed by Gadi Eizenkot, who knows what that means.

Ashkelon has been hit hard in the last hour. One residential building was struck. Three people were physically wounded.

The number of people treated for trauma all over southern Israel is now too many to count.

All of the terror organizations in Gaza have announced that they will soon be hitting major cities in Israel with missiles. Ashdod, where your humble servant is sitting, is supposedly in the crosshairs.

We will be sleeping in our bomb shelter tonight. This will be our last update until 5 am.

9:00 pm

Barrage after barrage of missiles have pummeled southern Israel since almost two hours ago: at 8:53 pm, 8:46 pm, 8:39 pm, 8:31 pm, 8:26 pm, 8:14 pm, 8:08 pm, 8:05 pm, 8:02 pm, 7:57 pm, 7:54 pm, 7:35 pm, and 7:22 pm.

Update on the bus attack at Kfar Aza a few hours ago: minutes before the missile struck, the bus had been loaded with some 50 IDF soldiers. As it was, there were still a few soldiers on board who were wounded, but can you imagine the tragedy that was narrowly averted?

The bus attacked at Kfar Aza.

Hamas has minced no words saying that it is responsible for the anti-tank missile attack on the bus. This is the same Hamas that Israel handed $15 million dollars to a few days ago. 

The two questions that everyone here in southern Israel is asking are simply: “Do we have a government or not?” and “Do we have an army that can defend us or not?”

7:15 pm

All of the Israeli communities along the Gaza border continue being rocked by missile and mortar fire. So far more than 200 missiles have been fired, and more than 60 have been intercepted by the Iron Dome.

Since our 5:45 pm update, there have been missile barrages at 7:28 pm,  7:15 pm, 7:12 pm,  6:55 pm, 6:52 pm, 6:41 pm, 6:39 pm, 6:31 pm, 6:20 pm, 6:11 pm, 6:00 pm, 5:53 pm, and 5:51 pm.

Hamas and Islamic Jihad are extending their range with Ashkelon now being hit several times, and the area around Beersheva also hit. 

There is intense air activity over our house here in Ashdod, but as of this moment no alarms have gone off here–despite the fact that we saw the Iron Dome intercepts reported in the 5:45 pm update.

Supposedly, the IDF is hitting terror targets again with three terrorists being killed.

Hamas has confirmed that it fired the anti-tank missile that hit the bus in Kfar Aza.

5:45 pm

Southern Israel is under attack with more than 90 missiles and mortars fired at our communities in the last hour and a half.

Homes have been hit in Sderot and Ashkelon; a bus was hit in Kfar Aza. Multiple people have been wounded.

Thirty minutes ago, at 5:15 pm, we were on our way home from the north on Highway 6 with traffic moving slowly because of IDF tanks and other vehicles moving south. 

Suddenly our phones began registering one incoming missile alarm after another. This went on nonstop for almost 15 minutes.

As we neared the Soreq exit for Ashdod, suddenly the sky filled with Iron Dome missiles hitting incoming missiles from Gaza. As we drove, we watched the arcs of the missiles going up and the explosions.

Once in Ashdod, while stuck in traffic, we watched the Ashdod anti-missile battery go into action, intercepting 4 missiles.

The alarms continue going off all over southern Israel, and we will update every hour on this running blog tonight.