After being bombarded for a month? Analysis: Overview of the terrorist group’s rocket capabilities and five key reasons it continues to target Israeli civilians despite mounting military pressure
The Israeli Air Force has been targeting Hamas headquarters, bases, infrastructure and personnel in the most extensive campaign since the Gulf War and it keeps growing every day. And yet, the sirens wail every day and night, so we run to the bomb shelter. Many have asked me: how can the Hamas terrorists still be firing that many rockets at us even when we destroyed so many military targets?
Hamas launch sites are spread across a vast, populated area, built in a way that makes it difficult to see from above. Hamas has built launching pits that hide the launching mechanism as well as the rocket, each aimed at a different part of Israel.
