IDF official: Sderot is like Iraq and Afghanistan for the US
After 14 Kassams hit southern Israel, Washington orders any US gov't official visiting Gaza belt communities to travel in armored vehicles.
Jenin raid 224.88(photo credit: AP [file])ByJPOSTLEO GIOSUÈCOM STAFF, YAAKOV KATZFollowing the resumption of Kassam rocket attacks on southern Israel on Wednesday, Washington issued a directive according to which any US government official that travels to Sderot and other Gaza belt communities must travel in an armored vehicle in order to protect them from Kassam rocket attacks.
Earlier Wednesday, a US Army colonel visited Sderot in an IDF armored vehicle.
An IDF official told Army Radio that according to US regulations, Sderot "is like Iraq and Afghanistan" for the Americans.
On Wednesday afternoon, Gaza terrorists fired four more Kassam rockets that hit open areas in the western Negev. It came after 10 rockets hit the region throughout Wednesday morning and early afternoon.
No casualties or damage were reported in the attacks.
On Tuesday, close to 10 rockets and mortar shells pounded the western Negev as Defense Minister Ehud Barak continued to call for an extension of a cease-fire with Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
"We are not deterred from an operation in Gaza but we are also not rushing into one," Barak said Tuesday on the sidelines of a military exercise in the Golan Heights. "Calm will be met by calm but if there is no choice we will act when and where we see fit."RECOMMENDED STORIESSeven killed, over 130 wounded in Israel from Iranian fire, IDF says soldier killed in Gaza combatJUNE 14, 2025IDF says aircraft operating in heart of Tehran, denies claim Iran shot down fighter jetJUNE 14, 2025Tehran under fire: IDF continues strikes in Iran, focusing on the capital – what was hit?JUNE 14, 2025The road to Tehran has been paved: IDF secures air route for stronger strikes on IranJUNE 14, 2025