Arutz Sheva reports that a 15-year old Bedouin boy was hit by shrapnel from a Kassam rocket.

Of note:

Arutz-7's Kobi Finkler quotes a senior IDF officer as threatening, "In the end, the terrorists will see that it wasn't worth it for them. The IDF won't hit only the rocket launchers, but also the vicinity around them in a way that no one will know what hit them."

The difference between Palestinian and Israeli rhetoric:

• Palestinians tend to follow up threats of violence with...violence.
• Israelis tend to follow up threats of violence with:

a. Withdrawal
b. Release of terrorists
c. Promises of more meetings with Abbas
d. Destruction of Jewish homes
e. All of the above

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Tel-Chai Nation quotes from an article in Arutz Sheva that despite the IDF's assumption that Hamas 'realized' it was in their interest to stop the firing of Kassams into Israel, the rockets keep on coming. Two of three just caused property damage. In Sderot itself, besides damage there was one injury and others were treated for shock

Tel-Chai Nation:

As long as the Hamas is in Gaza, and Islam is the rule there, there will only be more sectarian violence of this sort.

And that could be a long, long time.

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