, Saturday, May 18, 2013
The U.S. national security scene in 2009 was dominated by a number of global events. Among them was the flare-up of violence in Israel fueled by rocket attacks, which Hamas has routinely undertaken in southern Israel. WTOP's National Security Correspondent J.J. Green visited Israel during that time and took these photographs in various parts of the country. In 2012, as was the case in 2008, more and better rockets are being fired into Israel by Hamas.
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Close-up view of spent rockets fired by Hamas
fighters into the Southern Israeli city of
Sderot. (WTOP/J.J. Green)
A police commander stands beside spent rockets
fired from Gaza into Israel. (WTOP/J.J. Green)
A close-up view of spent rockets fired by Hamas
fighters into the Southern Israeli city of Sderot.
(WTOP/J.J. Green)
A close-up view of a crude rocket fired by Hamas
fighters into the Southern Israeli city of Sderot.
(WTOP/J.J. Green)
WTOP National Security Correspondent J.J. Green
examines some of the spent rockets on display in
Sderot. (Photo credit: DK)
Sunrise in Jerusalem. (WTOP/J.J. Green)
The rising sun peeks through a razor-wire fence
separating Israel from the Palestinian
territories. (WTOP/J.J. Green)
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