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Tuesday, August 19, 2014

IDF Operation Protective Edge - August 19, 2014 9:30pm-11:59pm

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11:58pm Rocket fragments which landed a short time ago in Central Israel.



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11:57pm IDF- No problems with Red Alerts earlier - new policy to not sound alarm if rockets will land in open area (if the alarm doesn't sound, does that mean Hamas didn't fire at us?)

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11:52 Iron Dome over Givat Ze'ev.

(Fragment fell earlier in Bnei Brak, on Jerusalem street!)

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11:51pm Rocket Alert Kerem Shalom
11:46pm Rocket alerts all over the South and Jerusalem. (Sorry for delay- Had to run to shelter) -GI Jane
11:46 Jerusalem, Beit Shemesh, Har Adar, Psagot, Givcat Ze'ev, Mevasseret Tzion, more Jerusalem...
Booms heard in Gush Etzion
11:45pm Jerusalem area rocket alert - multiple
11:46pm Rockets everywhere.....South and Jerusalem area.
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18 minutes until the end of the ceasefire...

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11:42pm Barrage of Rocket alerts to Beer Sheva
11:41 Beer Sheva
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11:24pm Hamas says Israel refused all their demands, so now we're headed to a war of attrition.

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11:33pm Rocket Alerts Ashkelon
11:32pm Barrage of Rocket Alerts... Hof Ashkelon...Ashkelon
11:25pm Rocket Alert Eshkol Region
11:21pm Onging Barrage to Ashdod, Ashkelon... Kerem Shalom... Beer Sheva... Beer Tuvia
11:20pm Barrage of rocket alerts ...Ashdod

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11:18pm Israeli defense official says IDF instructed to prepare possible ground operation in Gaza in response to rocket fire.

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11:17pm Beer Sheva x3
11:16pm Barrage of Rocket alerts Beer Sheva

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11:04 Hamas claims responsibility for the rocket strike on central Israel. They claim they used a Fajr-5 rocket, which contains a much larger explosive warhead, which would also explain the louder than usual explosions heard by citizens in central Israel.

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11:00 Quite surprisingly, the US holds Hamas responsible for the rocket attacks on Israel - not that this will really change their position on anything.

http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/us-holds-hamas-responsible-for-all-rocket-attacks-on-israel/2014/08/19/
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10:58pm Rocket hits open area in greater Tel Aviv area
10:58pm Rocket Alerts Beit Shemesh.. Yehuda
10:54pm Ashdod x7
10:51pm Barrage of Rocket Alerts Ashdod
10:51pm Ashdod x3
10:50 Rocket Alerts... Shfela... Rishon Lezion... Palmachim...
10:49pm Booms heard in Tel Aviv from previous barrage.
10:48pm Rocket Alerts Beer Sheva.. Shfela... Rishon Lezion... Palmachim...
10:47pm Rocket Alert Ashdod, Nes Ziona, Shfela
10:47 Barrage of Rocket Alerts to Beer Sheva
10:46pm Beer Sheva x2
10:46 Barrage Rocket Alerts Ashdod, Beer Sheva, Gush Dan.. Rishon Lezion, Shfela, Holon

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10:45Bat Yam, Be'er Sheva, Holon, Rishon Ltzion... x4

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10:44 Bat Yam, Be'er Sheva, Holon, Rishon Ltzion...

10:43pm Sapir, Sderot,Nir Am, Gaza Border...

10:40pm Updated safety rules from the IDF.

Within 80 kilometers from Gaza (Tel Aviv, Sharon region, Jerusalem...) open your bomb shelters.



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10:25pm  Rocket Alert Eshkol Region


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