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Topic: mortar fire

April 5, 2013
3:57 am

Israel's ambassador to the UN, Ron Prosor (photo credit: Courtesy)

Israeli envoy calls on UN to condemn Gaza rocket fire

‘Only thing more deafening than the sirens in Israel when a rocket is fired is world’s silence,’ charges Prosor

By Ron Friedman

April 4, 2013
8:30 am

A bucket of mortar bomb pieces from bombs fired by Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip into Israel, Saturday, March 19, 2011. (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)

Palestinians in Gaza fire rocket, mortars at Israel

Two of three shells land in northern strip; no injuries or damage reported

By Times of Israel staff

April 2, 2013
9:06 pm

Missiles shot at Israel from Gaza; no injuries

Explosion on Israeli side of the border follows two missiles earlier in the afternoon that failed to reach their target; terrorists says attacks in response to death of prisoner

By Times of Israel staff

April 2, 2013
4:40 pm

Rockets fired at Israel from Gaza, no injuries

One projectile lands in open area near Kissufim; first such attack in two weeks

By Stuart Winer

March 2, 2013
2:10 pm

The UN observer force on the Israeli-Syrian border in the Golan Heights (photo credit: CC BY FreedomHouse/Flickr/File)

3 Syrian mortars land in southern Golan Heights

No reports of injuries or damage in the deepest penetration yet of Syrian fire into Israel

By Yoel Goldman and Gabe Fisher

February 22, 2013
4:42 pm

People searching through the debris of destroyed buildings in the aftermath of a strike by Syrian government forces, in the neighborhood of Jabal Bedro, Aleppo, Syria, February 19 (photo credit: AP/Aleppo Media Center AMC)

Activists report shelling near Damascus airport

Rebel advances in the city’s suburbs in recent days mark the most sustained challenge of the civil war for control of capital

By Zeina Karam

December 12, 2012
7:31 pm

Gazan kids clowning with Kassams

Minister Yisrael Katz says children must stop being taught to hate or will suffer same fate their parents did for mistakes of 1948

By Adiv Sterman

November 12, 2012
5:21 pm

The Knesset in session (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Knesset to hold special session on security situation

Last several days have seen barrage of rockets from Gaza and stray mortars from Syria

By Times of Israel staff

November 8, 2012
6:54 pm

A cutout of a soldier on an army outpost at Mount Bental in the Golan Heights. (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)

Residents of mortar-hit town slam military for leaving them unprotected

Three Syrian mortars land around moshav, local council chief urges IDF to hit back

By Philip Podolsky

November 8, 2012
12:06 pm

Power generating wind turbines in the Golan Heights next to moshav Alonei Habashan in 2008 (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Syrian mortar shell lands inside Israeli moshav for first time

Residents urge authorities to put a stop to spillover from Syrian fighting; analyst says Assad may be trying to draw Israel into conflict

By Gabe Fisher and Times of Israel staff

October 15, 2012
9:33 pm

File photo of two Kassam rockets headed toward Israel shortly after they were fired by Palestinian terrorists in the northern Gaza Strip (photo credit: Edi Israel/Flash90)

Egypt-mediated truce said reached between Israel and Gaza

Reported deal, denied by PM’s office and Islamic Jihad, comes after recent increase in violence

By Philip Podolsky

October 8, 2012
4:45 pm

Members of the IDF's bomb squad search for a mortar shell in a greenhouse near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip after it was fired by Palestinian terrorists on Monday. Israeli forces and Palestinian terrorists exchanged fire on Monday in the most serious flare-up in months along the border with the Gaza Strip, officials said. (Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90).

Hamas fires dozens of rockets, mortars into Israel, vows to launch more if Israel strikes again

IDF retaliates, says Gaza mosques used as ‘Hamas posts’; Channel 10: terror cells using sophisticated launchers capable of firing several rockets at once

By Times of Israel staff and AP

September 29, 2012
2:30 pm

Turkey Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (photo credit: AP/Hakan Goktepe/Turkish Foreign Ministry)

Turkey warns Syria after mortar strike

From the web Davutoglu says his country reserves the right to act, reports Reuters

September 26, 2012
7:27 pm

Fields of grapes in the northern Golan Heights (photo credit: Flash90)

Syrian rocket fired into Golan Heights shatters Yom Kippur silence

No injuries or damage reported; fire believed to be spillover from Syrian army battles

By Gabe Fisher and Ilan Ben Zion

September 25, 2012
8:31 am

Syrian mortars fired into Golan Heights

No injuries or damage reported; fire believed to be spillover from Syrian army battles

By Gabe Fisher

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The Times of Israel

The one-stop news site
covering Israel, the region and
the Jewish people worldwide

Founding editor:
David Horovitz

Fair, fresh and fast

The Jewish world's
fastest-growing
news site

Topic: mortar fire

Israeli envoy calls on UN to condemn Gaza rocket fire

‘Only thing more deafening than the sirens in Israel when a rocket is fired is world’s silence,’ charges Prosor

Palestinians in Gaza fire rocket, mortars at Israel

Two of three shells land in northern strip; no injuries or damage reported

Missiles shot at Israel from Gaza; no injuries

Explosion on Israeli side of the border follows two missiles earlier in the afternoon that failed to reach their target; terrorists says attacks in response to death of prisoner

Rockets fired at Israel from Gaza, no injuries

One projectile lands in open area near Kissufim; first such attack in two weeks

3 Syrian mortars land in southern Golan Heights

No reports of injuries or damage in the deepest penetration yet of Syrian fire into Israel

Activists report shelling near Damascus airport

Rebel advances in the city’s suburbs in recent days mark the most sustained challenge of the civil war for control of capital

Gazan kids clowning with Kassams

Minister Yisrael Katz says children must stop being taught to hate or will suffer same fate their parents did for mistakes of 1948

Knesset to hold special session on security situation

Last several days have seen barrage of rockets from Gaza and stray mortars from Syria

Residents of mortar-hit town slam military for leaving them unprotected

Three Syrian mortars land around moshav, local council chief urges IDF to hit back

Syrian mortar shell lands inside Israeli moshav for first time

Residents urge authorities to put a stop to spillover from Syrian fighting; analyst says Assad may be trying to draw Israel into conflict

Egypt-mediated truce said reached between Israel and Gaza

Reported deal, denied by PM’s office and Islamic Jihad, comes after recent increase in violence

Hamas fires dozens of rockets, mortars into Israel, vows to launch more if Israel strikes again

IDF retaliates, says Gaza mosques used as ‘Hamas posts’; Channel 10: terror cells using sophisticated launchers capable of firing several rockets at once

Turkey warns Syria after mortar strike

From the web Davutoglu says his country reserves the right to act, reports Reuters

Syrian rocket fired into Golan Heights shatters Yom Kippur silence

No injuries or damage reported; fire believed to be spillover from Syrian army battles

Syrian mortars fired into Golan Heights

No injuries or damage reported; fire believed to be spillover from Syrian army battles

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