8 Year-Old and Brother Hurt In Palsestinian Rocket Attack

This was the Shavuah Tov the people in Sderot received ---a barrage of rocket attacks, one of which seriously injured a 8 year-old boy and his 19 year old brother. Folks you can yell and scream at the Palestinians, call them terrorists, inhuman animals etc, and you would be right. But the blame must also be put on Prime Minister Olmert, and Defense Minister Barak both of which have been promising an adequate response to the terrorism for months, we keep hearing "this time we really mean it" and very little has been done to protect the people of the Negev. Despite all of the "public" declarations, the IDF's hands are still tied.

2 brothers injured in rocket attack on Sderot

An eight-year-old boy sustained serious injuries to his legs and his 19-year-old brother was light-to-moderately wounded when a Qassam fired by Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip landed near a residential building in Sderot Saturday evening.

The mother of the two boys as well as an additional brother suffered from shock in the incident, along with 11 other Sderot residents .

A total of five rockets landed in Sderot and surrounding areas in the evening hours. One of the rockets made impact near a residential building in the town and injured the two boys who were standing nearby. The brothers were evacuated to Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon.

Rocket hits Sderot home / Yonat Atlas

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The Al-Quds Brigades, Islamic Jihad's military wing claimed responsibility for the attack.

Deputy Director of Barzilai, Dr. Ron Lobel, told Ynet that five people had arrived to the hospital in connection with the attack in Sderot, including four people from the same family.

The 8-year-old boy was suffering from injuries to his lower body but Dr. Lobel said that his lungs had not been damaged. His 19-year-old brother sustained shrapnel wounds and had some open abrasions. The mother and third brother, 15, arrived to the hospital in order to be treated for shock, the deputy director said.

The two injured brothers are set to undergo surgery on their legs.

Avner Chen, a taxi driver that was passing through the area of the attack, told Ynet that "I heard the 'Color Red' (siren) and I started running quickly from the car and laid down on the road and then I heard the very loud explosion right next to me.

"I saw smoke and when I got up, I saw the boy and another youngster outstretched on the road, one of them was very seriously wounded and it looked horrendous.

"I tried to stop the flow of blood and then the second one shouted 'help me, save me!' and I went to the second one and started to help him as well. At the same time, I called for Magen David Adom and the fire department on the radio.

"It was a dreadful sight, one of the worst I've seen in my life," Chen said.

Minister visits embattled town

Earlier on Saturday, Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter visited Sderot after more than 30 Qassam rockets were fired into the western Negev since Friday morning.

"I found a battered city. Twenty percent of its residents have gotten up and left," he said. "The residents have harsh feelings, because they believe the end of the Qassams is not in sight."

One of the places Dichter visited was the Peretz family home, which was directly hit by a Qassam rocket Friday evening.

He listened to a teenage boy, a relative of the family, who told him that he was scheduled to go on an annual school trip to Mount Hermon on Sunday, but that he felt uncomfortable leaving his family in Sderot. The minister promised the boy to take him on a visit to Jerusalem and the Knesset on Monday, instead of the school trip.

Morning barrage

Two Qassam rockets fired from the northern Gaza Strip landed in the Shaar Hanegev regional council Saturday morning. There were no reports of injuries or damage.

At around 8:30 am, the Color Red alert system was activated in the Sderot area, followed by two explosions.

Simultaneously, the IDF attacked a terrorist cell spotted near mobile rocket launching pads in the northern Strip. The army reported that a hit was identified. Palestinian medics said the airstrike seriously wounded a member of a Gaza rocket squad.

About three hours later, the army struck four Qassam launching pads in the northern Strip. No injuries were reported.

Magen David Adom crews dispatched to the area attended to six people. Four family members who were having dinner as the rocket hit their house suffered from shock.

The 8 year old lost his leg. Pamela at Atlas Shrugs suggests I think the boy's severed leg should to be tied around Olmert's neck for the rest of his life. Read her entire post by clicking below

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