Shin Bet: Terror-related attacks on the rise in March
Report notes 125 attacks as opposed to 53 in February, while Gaza and Jerusalem see most drastic rise.
By Haaretz Service Tags: Shin Bet Gaza Middle East peace Israel newsThe number of terror-related attacks in Israel doubled last month, rising from 53 in February to 125 in March, a Shin Bet report published on Thursday said.
The most dramatic rise in attacks occurred in Jerusalem, while attacks from Gaza were the most prevalent.
The report said that the rise in terror attacks - which include Molotov cocktails hurled, Qassam rockets fired from Gaza and shooting-related incidents - was documented across Israel.
The number of attacks from the Gaza Strip rose from 13 in February to 36 in March; in Jerusalem, the number of attacks rose from 3 in February to 27 in March.
During the month of March, there were 89 Molotov cocktails hurled at Israel Defense Forces soldiers and police, while 35 rockets were fired from Gaza into Israeli territory and five explosive devices planted, the report said.
The report also noted that three people in Israel were killed in the Gaza Strip over the last month, including a Thai migrant worker who was struck by a Qassam rocket on March 18, and two IDF soldiers who were killed in clashes with Hamas militants near Khan Younis last week.
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may have something to do with it. Israelis seem to have a problem relating cause an effect.
Are random acts of violence, against confrontational security forces during riots/demonstrations, listed as individual incidents of terrorism. A molotov cocktail tossed into a restaurant, home, place of worship, etc, without provocation, IS terrorism. But not necessarily so, when it's used as an improvised weapon against security forces, using crowd control weapons of varying potential for harm, while confronting and attempting to disperse demonstrations. Only in Israel is each instance of this, along with many universally common human reactions and responses, counted as terrorist acts. And no, I am not claiming anything about Israel's production and use of this, and other misinformation, as propaganda, John. A "claim" is an unfounded assertion. In Israel's case, there's absolutely no question.
Excuse me Mr. wecan2, but are you saying throwing molotov cocktails is not an act of terror? Are you saying that the 89 that were thrown should go uncounted? And are you really claiming that Israel is spreading propaganda? Please. don't talk to me about propaganda. The goldstone report is propaganda. The entire history of the arab israeli conflict has been distorted by revisionists. Even one molotov cocktail thrown is untirely unacceptable. There's nothing else to talk about.
Anyone noticed the skewed, and misleading, focus of Israel's terminolgy? Last week it was demonstrations and riots(not just spontaneous, mind you), and this week, each incident of a Molotov cocktail being thrown(a common practice during "riots" almost anywhere), is counted as an act of terrorism - which Israeli propagandists then broadcast to the world. Same is true for distraught and frustrated Palestinian who goes "postal" in a front end loader, or a grief-stricken woman who attacks a fully armed soldier with a knife, or three guys shot for trying to sneak into Israel from Gaza to find work. And the list goes on. I wonder what 'small' fraction of the incidents Israel lists in its "terror" statistics are actually acts of terror, and how many are only considered "terrorism" when committed by Palestinians?