Fascinating facts from a newspaper article.
Since 2001, there have been 3,984 rockets and 3,943 mortar shells launched at Israel from Gaza.
Source: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/12/29/MNHF150KHB.DTL
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Egypt brokered a truce that took effect in June, but since then, Palestinians still fired 223 rockets and 139 mortar shells from the Hamas-controlled enclave.
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The Palestinian death toll continued to climb on Monday, yet Hamas still managed to pour rocket fire on Israeli cities such as Ashdod, more than 20 miles to the north of the Gaza Strip, bringing a million Israelis within range of the fighting.
What that last part means is that any Israeli living twenty five miles or less from a Palestinian is probably in danger. As good an argument for imposing a twenty five mile wide no-mans land as any I've seen.
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The Judenrein-gebied within the West Bank and Gaza just got extended:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7805834.stm
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Long-range rockets fired by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip have landed in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba, some 46km (28 miles) away.
What this means is that a corridor of nearly fifty kilometer will now have to be cleared beyond the border of Israel within which no Arab should be resident.
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