(Ynet News) Elior Levy - The Grad rockets that hit Ashdod and Beersheba this week were launched by terrorists from Islamic Jihad, as were the numerous mortars fired toward Israel. Four of the five terrorists killed by Israel on Wednesday were longtime Jihad members who had been firing rockets and mortars at Israel for years. Islamic Jihad members completely reject Israel's right to exist, and believe the only way to liberate "all of Palestine" is through armed Jihad, or holy war. Whenever Hamas is interested in escalation, it gives Islamic Jihad the green light to fire rockets at Israel.
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