Despite the lethality and accuracy of the Israeli airstrikes, Israel finds itself with no effective military answer to the problem of rockets from Gaza. Israelis living near Gaza in towns like Sderot bear the brunt of the rocket attacks, but the government is reluctant to order a large-scale military invasion of Gaza, especially with American-sponsored peace talks about to begin again with the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas.
According to the Israeli police, 664 rockets landed in Israel this year through the end of November, killing two Israeli civilians and wounding 122, according to a police spokesman, Micky Rosenfeld. There were 836 rockets that landed in 2006, he said, and 312 in 2005. Since the rocket firing began from Gaza in 2001, the police said, 13 Israelis have been killed and 307 have been wounded by shrapnel, with many more suffering from shock and trauma.
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