Israelis bombard Gaza -- this time with salvo of salad

0 Comments | AFP, August, 2007

JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israeli forces have again bombarded the Gaza Strip, but this time the "forces" were civilians and their "ammunition" a mixed salad salvo of summer vegetables, fruit and eggs, the press reported on Friday.

The real army put a quick stop to Thursday's barrage, but those behind the ad hoc artillery bombardment still got their message across.

For six years southern Israel has been the target of deadly, though usually inaccurate, homemade rockets fired by Palestinian militants. Nine people have been killed and dozens wounded, mostly in and around the town of Sderot.

"Since the government has done nothing (to stop the attacks), we decided to take things into our own hands," Yigal Tzur, who heads the self-styled Sderot Support Committee, told the...