Why did Gaza fire rockets into Israel?

Answer 1

For months now Gaza has been sending misiles into Israel. A peace treaty was established but Hamas, a terrorist group in Gaza, repeatedly broke this treaty by continuing to send rockets into Israel. Israel is simply responding to months of attacks. When the Peace treaty was ended by Hamas, the rocket fire when up to 80 per day. After Cast lead the rocket attacks went down to 2 - 3 a week

AnswerWorld history has been littered with plantations and occupations and the results have always been the same, death, destruction and resistance eventually leading to assimilation or overthrow. Good examples are to be seen in various empires including the Roman Empire and the British empire. Answer1). Gaza is under military occupation. Article 42 of the Hague Regulations stipulates, a "territory is considered occupied when it is actually placed under the authority of the hostile army," and that the occupation extends "to the territory where such authority has been established and can be exercised." Similarly, in the Hostage Case, the Nuremburg Tribunal held that, "the test for application of the legal regime of occupation is not whether the occupying power fails to exercise effective control over the territory, but whether it has the ability to exercise such power."

Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip, like those in the West Bank, continue to be subject to Israeli control. For example, Israel controls Gaza's air space, territorial waters, and all border crossings. Palestinians in Gaza require Israel's consent to travel to and from Gaza, to take their goods to Palestinian and foreign markets, to acquire food and medicine, and to access water and electricity. Without Israel's permission, the Palestinian Authority (PA) cannot perform such basic functions of government as providing social, health, security and utility services, developing the Palestinian economy and allocating resources.

2). Terrorists or freedom fighters depending on your point of view continue to resist the Israeli occupation with rocket attacks. The reality is the rockets contain no warhead and no guidance system. It can argued that the rockets are nothing more than a large firework with no powder. The mortality rate from rocket attacks since 2001 in Israel is 0.002%

3). In January of 2009, Israel broke the peace and launched operation 'Cast Lead' a massive military offensive against a civilian population. It banned foreign press from entering Gaza. It used white phosphorus (a chemical weapon) on UN sanctioned hospitals and schools (a war crime). Within 23 days the death toll had reached 1,284 palestinians dead, 6 IDF by enemy fire and 3 IDF by friendly fire. When the operation had finished Israel had claimed more land from the Gaza strip in the name of secuirty zones for their protection.

The following links detail some of the incidents that took place during 2009

Answer 2

Hamas was/is firing missiles at civilians in Southern Israel.

The aim of the current operation is to stop Hamas from firing the missiles

and improve the security situation for Israeli citizens.

Because they are being attacked by Hamas, a terrorist government. elected by the people of Gaza...so Israel will defend herself.

Answer 3

Gazan War of 2008-2009

Neutral Name: Gazan War of 2008-2009

Israeli Name: Operation Cast Lead

Arab Name: Gaza Massacre

Cause: Hamas fired numerous rockets into Israel as retaliation for the Israeli blockade of Gaza. Israel said that it needed the blockade since Hamas refuses to recognize the State of Israel and had previously engaged in continuous militant activity.

Result: Israel won a decisive military victory against Hamas, destroying much of the infrastructure and capabilities of that organization.

Answer 4

Answer ABecause Gaza is ruled by Hamas, a terrorist government elected by the people, with the intent of killing or harming the Jewish people. Answer B (Comment on the above answer): It is difficult to answer the question. It is a complicated situation. To give a fair answer, one should ask:

• How many Israelis were killed by these rockets? None
• Could you tell how many were killed and injured by Israeli attacks on Gaza? Thousands.
• How many Palestinians were killed be the settlers before starting firing these rockets; since the British occupation of Palestine before Israel State recognition in 1948 and through 1967 war and after Oslo 1991 peace agreement; and without single world condemnation?
• What do you expect from people got driven away from their homes and lands and other people, from all over the world, were brought as settlers to replace them?
• Why Gaza, of the highest population density in the world, is fully isolated by the Israelis?
• Is resistance against occupiers considered terrorism?
• I am personally against Hamas policy of retaliation and prefer to get political problems solved peacefully with international community support. However, if you are in place of them, how do you think you can get your rights in your lands and homes while the occupier denies these rights and the international community doesn't care?.

Answer 5

Gaza is under military occupation which has been inflicted upon it. Imagine if your

country is suddenly sed to be someone else's country and you have to leave it,

that's wat Israel has done. (Never mind that there are so many Arabs living in Israel

today. Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.)After WW2, the Israelis had

no where to go and the palestinians offered them refuge and gave them

genorosity and what you see today is the repayment that the palestinians are

getting for their genorosity. (As well as for their military invasions, their standing

declaration of war, their rockets aimed at civilian residential areas, and their refusal to

recognize Israel's right even to exist. But we digress.)Article 42 of the Hague

Regulations stipulates, a "territory is considered occupied when it is actually placed

under the authority of the hostile army," and that the occupation extends "to the

territory where such authority has been established and can be exercised."

Similarly, in the Hostage Case, the Nuremburg Tribunal held that, "the test for

application of the legal regime of occupation is not whether the occupying power

fails to exercise effective control over the territory, but whether it has the ability to

exercise such power."

Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip, like those in the West Bank, continue to be

subject to Israeli control. For example, Israel controls Gaza's air space, territorial

waters, and all border crossings. Palestinians in Gaza require Israel's consent to

travel to and from Gaza, to take their goods to Palestinian and foreign markets, to

acquire food and medicine, and to access water and electricity. (Does that mean

that the water and electricity come from outside Gaza ? If so, who is actually supplying

those utilities ?) Without Israel's permission, the Palestinian Authority (PA) cannot

perform such basic functions of government as providing social, health, security

and utility services, developing the Palestinian economy and allocating resources.

Freedom fighters continue to resist the Israeli occupation with rocket attacks and

not just that, they attack Israel in self defence, because the Israelis are murdering

lots of palestinians everyday. (Israelis are not murdering lots of Palestinians every

day.) What do you expect them to do? The reality is the rockets contain no

warhead and no guidance system. (Then what in the world is their purpose, and

what are they expected to accomplish, other than to invite retaliation ?) It can argued

that the rockets are nothing more than a large firework with no powder. (If so,

then they confirm nothing so much as the stupidity of their proponents.)

The mortality rate from rocket attacks since 2001 in Israel is 0.002% (The nerve of

those uppity Jews! Refusing to die in sufficient numbers. If only 2 of every hundred

thousand Israelis have been killed by unguided rockets from across the border, this

should be no cause for complaint, and they should just suck it up and stop whining.)

They aren't even a threat to Israel, but Israel being the selfish coward it is, makes

it out that this is a threat to them. (The writer makes himself look so foolish with this

argument that the reader is embarassed for him.)

In January of 2009, Israel broke the peace and launched operation 'Cast Lead' a

massive military offensive against a civilian population. (Apparently Israel had

enough of Gaza's innocent fun of lobbing giant fireworks with no warheads and no

guidance system across their international border, do ya reckon ?) It banned foreign

press from entering Gaza. It used white phosphorus (a chemical weapon) on UN

sanctioned hospitals and schools (a war crime). Within 23 days the death toll had

reached 1,284 palestinians dead, 6 IDF by enemy fire and 3 IDF by friendly fire.

When the operation had finished Israel had claimed more land from the Gaza strip

in the name of secuirty zones for their protection. More injustice. (Are you talking

about the same Gaza strip from which the Israeli military had removed all Israeli

civilians, by force if necessary, and turned it over to the Palestinians ? Just before the

Palestinians went on the rampage, destroyed the mature, productive infrastructure,

and burned all synagogues ? That Gaza strip ?)

The following links detail some of the incidents that took place during 2009

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It is Israel that is bombing Gaza and Gaza is only bombing back to protect its

people (with large fireworks with no warheads or guidance system. Right ! Good luck!)

and in self defence whereas to Israel it is a sport to kill palestinians, then take out

their organs and sell them illegally. (Heinous libel, often repeated for effect, but never

supported by the slightest evidence.) Another way to make money, another way to

steal the palestinians land. (Steal land by selling organs. The reasonable mind is

boggled.) (Israel has made more money by developing artificial organs than by selling

Palestinian ones. And helped more people around the world, too)

Answer 6

If you're referring to February 2009 - Operation Cast Lead - then the answer is simple. Hamas - the current governing body inside the Gaza strip, a terrorist organisation who seeks the destruction of the State of Israel since it's foundation, along with other smaller but with a close ideology started a fighting cycle with Israel by firing rockets out of Gaza onto Israeli southern cities (2 of them major cities which makes it really bad for the economy and the national morale in general).

Of course the Israeli Air Force responded by making precision strikes against the launching crews and their commanding officers deep in Gaza but this had little effectiveness and many voices in Israel including in the military started pressuring the government to go for a full scale ground invasion and take apart the terrorist infrastructure by force.

The week of the invasion, life in the south of Israel were unbearable any longer. The rockets peaked at something between 80 to 100 per day and the Israeli PM back then, Ehud Olmert, called for several government secret discussions that week and one of the discussions was scheduled to Sunday the next week. The discussion for Sunday never happened as it was a set up the Israeli government made public through the media in order to make Hamas and the other Jihadists not expect the sudden excessive bombings and ground invasion.

This pretty much sums up the several weeks and the things that lead for the ground operation after.

Answer 7

Israel borrowed Gaza's toaster and didn't return it.

Answer 8

Self Defense