(BESA Center for Strategic Studies-Bar-Ilan University) Uzi Rubin - The Gaza rocket offensive against Israel has continued for ten years. In November 2009, Hamas first tested a rocket with a range that could reach Tel Aviv. The two rounds of escalation in April and August 2011 affected close to one million people. It is probable that Hamas rockets could soon attack civilian and military targets in central Israel, including Tel Aviv, Ben-Gurion Airport and air force bases in the south. What began as a mere nuisance has now turned into a major strategic threat. From now on, any war in the periphery has the potential to quickly blow up into a war of attrition against the entire territory of Israel.
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