Word: katyushas
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...says the attacks on Hizballah guerrillas in Lebanon are largely a result of political pressure Israeli Prime Minister Peres faces as the May 29 parliamentary elections near. "Peres' perceived weakness is that he is not tough enough," says McGeary. "He now has the opportunity, given the recent firings of Katyusha rockets into northern Israel, to show voters that he will act decisively against threats to Israeli security." The U.S. response to the attack has so far been decidedly low key. The White House urged restraint, but placed the blame on Hizballah for firing rockets into Northern Israel...
...high-technology weapons proliferation, the cry of strategic depth has become a swan song. Sharon cited the recent wave of Katyusha rocket attacks on northern Israel as a preview of the type of activity (this time in range of major cities) that Palestinians would undertake given any autonomy on the West Bank and Gaza. But the short-range Katyushas of today will very soon be medium range SCUDS from North Korea. In the face of advancing technology, a country whose survival depends on "strategic depth" will find itself in an awful bind, needing more and more depth to offer...
...easier it will be to stage large-scale terrorist operations into Israel. The Israelis will still command the bridge connecting Jordan and Jericho, but they will no longer control Gaza port. Today the Palestinians have no missiles that can reach Israel from the occupied territories, but a simple, crude Katyusha rocket smuggled in by sea could hit the Israeli city of Ashkelon, only eight miles away...
...tended to pick up. But this time, Israel decided, the gunplay had gone too far. In the course of only two weeks, Hizballah and Palestinian fighters killed seven Israeli soldiers in attacks in the self-proclaimed "security zone" that Israel occupies in southern Lebanon. In recent months Hizballah launched Katyusha rockets into Israel proper and generally stepped up its operations. The group has got much better at what it does, more energetic and more professional. Israeli intelligence says the guerrillas have acquired improved armaments, including Russian Sagger antitank missiles. They have learned to coordinate several feints to mask a swoop...
...fighting resulted in the death of 13 Israelis and Lebanese, including civilians on both sides. Hizballah managed to fire a Katyusha rocket into northern Israel, killing a teenage boy, while Israeli air, sea and artillery attacks likewise claimed a handful of innocent lives. At week's end Israeli tanks were poised along the Lebanese border, and Hizballah leader Hassan Nasrallah was calling for a general mobilization of his 3,500 fighters...