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10:58 pm Rocket alerts in the Negev
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10:24pm Due to (apparent) problems in Facebook (and lots of complaints we have received), many people are not seeing updates from the Muqata in their feed. I can only hope this is a temporary FB problem and it will be resolved soon. In the meantime, you can manually check the FB page: www.facebook.com/Muqata, visit our blog: www.muqata.com or subscribe to our twitter feed: www.twitter.com/Muqata
Sorry for the inconvenience....It's not our fault
--Jameel and crew.
PS: We are still updating the FB page as often as we can....and we hope this will be resolved soon.
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10:12pm One Minute Video -- [moderate] PA Leader Jibril Rajoub -- "Am I stopping you [Hamas] from slaughtering a settlement?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGE45BKoVx4
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9:38pm Over 7 rocket launches at Ashkelon and Ashdod region.
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9:38 pm BARRAGE of rockets at Ashkelon, Hof Ashkelon, Ashdod
9:10pm IDF Spox video of hitting the 3 Hamas terror commander building last night.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLYUymmDVA4
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9:02pm In the previous rocket strike....it looks like Hamas was targeting Ramalla. But that's simply inconceivable.
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8:50pm Latest Rocket Attack -- multiple launches at Binyamin (Shomron), Shfela, Modiin, Shaalvim, etc...
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8:47 pm Multiple rocket alerts in Modiin, Mevo Modiim, Mevo Horon, Chashmonaim, Nof Ayalon and other towns in that area
8:46 pm Rocket alert Shomron
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8:22pm Remains of the building where 3 Hamas Ringleaders were killed last night by an IDF airstrike. Bunker Busters did the job.
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8:21pm Jewish student beat up on US campus in antisemitic attack.
http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/jewish-student-assaulted-by-pro-palestine-student-at-temple-university/2014/08/21/
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8:07 pm 40 yr old man seriously hurt when running to shelter in Beer Sheva during the rocket attack minutes ago -- hit by a car and suffering from a serious head injury. MDA is treating and transporting the person to Soroka hospital.
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7:47pm IDF Lone soldier, David Gordon had the great merit of benefiting from this tremendous organization, The Lone Soldier Center. Donations/Tzedaka in David's memory can be made via the link below.
The link for donating online is http://lonesoldiercenter.com/donate/
Information about check donations can be found here
The link for donating online is http://lonesoldiercenter.com/donate/
Information about check donations can be found here
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7:44pm Beer Sheva is really getting targeted. About 5-7 launches at their area.
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7:43 pm Another rocket alert Be'er Sheva
7:41-42 pm Barrage at Be'er Sheva, Negev, Ofakim
7:21 pm Rocket alert Be'er Tuvia/Kiryat Malachi
7:15 pm Rocket alert Hof Ashkelon x 2
7:07 pm Rocket alert Hof Ashkelon
6:48 pm Rocket alert Sderot and surrounding areas
6:39 pm Multiple alerts, Ashkelon, Hof Ashkelon, Shaar HaNegev
6:28 pm Rocket Alert Shaar HaNegev
6:16 pm Multiple rocket alerts Eshkol region
6:04 pm Rocket alert Shaar HaNegev
5:49 pm Rocket Alert Sha'ar HaNegev
5:19 pm another Rocket Alert Sha'ar HaNegev
5:19 pm Rocket Alert Sha'ar HaNegev
4:59 pm Rocket Alert Eshkol Region
4:56 pm Rocket Alert Eshkol Region
4:44 pm Rocket Alert Sha'ar HaNegev
4:02 pm Rocket Alert Sha'ar HaNegev
3:28 pm Rocket Alert Sha'ar HaNegev
3:27 pm Rocket Alert Hof Ashkelon
3:15 pm Rocket Alert Hof Ashkelon
3:14 pm Rocket Alert Hof Ashkelon
3:13 pm Multiple Rocket Alerts Sha'ar HaNegev
2:29 pm Multiple Rocket Alerts Beer Sheva areas
2:29 pm Rocket alert Kerem Shalom
2:02-03 pm Multiple alerts Hof Ashkelon, Ashkelon
1:44 pm Another rocket alert Shaar HaNegev x 2
1:43 pm Rocket alert Shaar HaNegev
1:34 pm Multiple alerts Netivot and surrounding areas
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1:16pm Live Broadcast of the funeral for IDF Lone Solider David Gordon. (Today at 4pm, Har Hertzel Military cemetery, Jerusalem)
The Levaya of David Menachem Gordon on Livestream
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12:57 pm Rocket alert Ashdod, Ashkelon
12:56 pm Multiple rocket alerts Ashdod, one alert Ashkelon
12:54 pm Rocket alert Ashkelon
12:54 pm Rocket alert Hof Ashkelon
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12:40 pm Funeral for IDF Lone Solider, David Gordon -- today at 4:00pm, Har Herzel Military Cemetery, Jerusalem.
Funeral for David Menachem Gordon Z"L
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12:48-49 pm Multiple rocket alerts Ashkelon
12:38 pm Rocket alert Shaar HaNegev
12:09 pm Here's a screen grab of the map during the rocket barrage a couple minutes ago:
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12:06-07 pm Rocket barrage Ashkelon, Ashdod, Hof Ashkelon, Be'er Tuvia, Gan Yavne, Hevel Yavne
12:00 pm Multiple rocket alerts Be'er Sheva area; Negev, Ashkelon
11:59 am Rocket alert in the Negev
11:57 am Rocket alert Shaar HaNegev
11:56 am Rocket alert Eshkol region
11:51 am Rocket alert Shefela/Hulda region
11:23 am Rocket alert Eshkol region
10:59-11:00 am Rocket barrage at Be'er Sheva, Ofakim, Negev regions
10:47 am Rocket alerts in Eshkol region
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10:23 am Two rockets hit Eshkol; sirens didn’t sound. 11 rockets all together in past 10 minutes.
Two rockets exploded outside a town in the Eshkol region. The Code Red sirens did not go off to warn of the incoming projectiles.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10:22 am One man lightly wounded by rocket fire from rocket that landed inside Eshkol community (from previous round).
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10:13 am Rocket alert Eshkol region
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10:21am Roundup from IDF Spox.
Confirmed: IDF and Israeli security forces eliminated senior Hamas terrorists Raed Attar and Mohamed Abu Shamala in Gaza last night.
Attar and Abu Shamala were high-ranking Hamas commanders responsible for major terror attacks against Israelis.
Raed Attar played a major role in tunnel infiltrations, terror attacks that killed Israelis, and the kidnapping of SFC Gilad Shalit.
Abu Shamala, commander of Hamas forces in S Gaza, was directly involved in dozens of terror attacks, including the murders of IDF soldiers.
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9:56am Arab press in Gaza report yet another IDF targeted airstrike in Gaza against a top Hamas leader.
The Muqata Security team's analysis for today: There is going to be a major Hamas rocket retaliation against Israel today ... as Hamas rages over the loss of some of their top terror heads. We expect many rocket barrages like yesterday (over 140 rockets fired yesterday)...includ
