Gee, Israel just can’t do anything right. If they entered Gaza to go after the terrorists firing rockets into Israel, they’d surely be raked over the coals by the media. And, if they do something like this, in an attempt to stop the rocket attacks in a relatively nonviolent way, they get raked over the coals anyway.
It’s Israel’s latest weapon: Without notice, an Israeli jet fighter flies low over the densely populated Gaza strip, breaking the sound barrier.
The massive sonic boom often breaks windows, shakes entire apartment buildings and terrifies the people of Gaza.
Just about every night for the last five months, 10-year-old Basma Abid Adiam has had trouble sleeping.
Her father says during the day she often seems distant. Basma’s problems started when the Israeli air force began breaking the sound barrier almost nightly over her home.
On the fourth floor of her family’s apartment building, surrounded by her brothers and sisters, Basma said shyly, “We are afraid when we hear the boom. I wet my bed. During the day when we go to school, we are afraid and try to hide.”
Since Israel pulled out of the Gaza Strip last September, a small group of Palestinian militants have been using the northern Gaza area to launch homemade rockets at Israel.
The Palestinian authority has either been unable or unwilling to stop the attacks. The Israel army says it has to take action.
The almost nightly sonic booms are the Israeli air force’s attempt to turn the Palestinian population against the militants in Gaza and help stop the attacks.
