Word: katyushka
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Dates: during 1978-1978
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...Palestinians have for the past several days been launching Soviet-made Katyushka rockets into the northern sections of Israel near the Lebanese border. Our kibbutz seems to be one of their targets...
...missile exploded in a banana field not far from here. The Katyushka rockets are almost impossible to aim precisely, but they are small and mobile, and it is very difficult for the Israelis to stop the attacks. In the first few days of the war, the Palestinians had been shelling sections further south, but since the Israelis are pushing the Palestinians back inside Lebanon, our kibbutz is now directly within the Palestinians' target range...
...closest mortars are rumored to have landed three miles from here, but there is no official explanation of what has happened. The morning paper reports that throughout Israel's northern border the Palestinians have been firing 82-mm. and 120-mm. mortars, in addition to the Soviet Katyushka rockets...