Palestinians attack; Reuters lies

When Palestinians launch an attack against Israel, one can be certain that Reuters will either ignore it or downplay it.  A Grad missile fired from Gaza hit a residential area in Ashkelon today shattering windows in nearby cars and buildings.  It was followed by the firing of two Palestinian mortar shells.  Reuters reports only on the missile strike and predictably misleads on the level of violence directed by Palestinians against Israel:

The rare attack on the southern city, which was likely to elicit a military response from Israel, came after months of quiet following Israel's launch of a three week military campaign in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip in late 2008...

There has been sporadic rocket fire since the [Gaza] war, mostly in the direction of smaller Israeli towns closer to the border and none of it lethal. But Israeli forces usually respond by striking at militant targets inside Gaza.

As documented, there have actually been several hundred Palestinian rockets and mortars fired at Israel between the end of the Gaza war in 2009 and 2010.  Reuters continues to prevaricate about this onslaught.

UPDATE JULY 30, 12:03: Get a load of this headline and story update from Amir Cohen and Douglas Hamilton:

Gaza rocket ends quiet year for Ashkelon

"No one was injured in the blast. But the attack ended over a year of calm for the city closest to the enclave ruled by the Islamist Hamas movement and it was likely to trigger a military response by Israel.

As a reminder for Amir and Doug, here's what that "year of calm" has seen:

Jan 7, 2010
A Katyusha rocket launched from the Gaza Strip landed in an open field south of Ashkelon.

February 12, 2010
A Qassam rocket fired from the Gaza Strip landed in an open area between Shaar Hanegev Regional Council and Ashkelon Coast Regional Council.

March 18, 2010
A Qassam rocket fired from the Gaza Strip slammed into a greenhouse in Netiv Haasara, a cooperative agricultural community in the Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. Manee Singmueangphon, a 33-year-old Thai agricultural guest worker,[23] was killed in the explosion, and 50 additional Thai workers suffered from shock.

March 20, 2010
Four Qassam rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip, causing the Color Red alarm to sound several times and forcing residents in southern Israel to take cover in secure rooms. The first rocket landed in an open area in the Hof Ashkelon Regional Council.

March 21, 2010
In the evening, a Qassam rocket fired from the northern Gaza Strip struck an open field in a kibbutz south of Ashkelon, in the Hof Ashkelon Regional Council.

March 23, 2010
A Qassam rocket fired from the northern Gaza Strip exploded near a parking lot in the heart of a populated zone in the Hof Ashkelon Regional Council.

April 1, 2010
At night, a Qassam rocket fired from the Gaza Strip landed in an open area in the Hof Ashkelon Regional Council, near Ashkelon, causing damage but no injuries

May 8, 2010
A Qassam rocket fired from the northern Gaza Strip exploded south of Ashkelon, in an open area in the Ashkelon Coast Regional Council.

May 19, 2010
In the evening, at the end of the Shavuot holiday, a Qassam rocket fired from the Gaza Strip landed near Ashkelon, hitting an open area in the Eshkol Regional Council.

May 25, 2010
Two mortar shells were fired from the Gaza Strip at the Netiv Ha'asara area, near Ashkelon.

May 26, 2010
In the late evening, a Qassam rocket fired at Israel exploded in an open area in the Ashkelon Coast Regional Council.

June 1, 2010
Overnight, a Qassam rocket exploded among greenhouses in the Ashkelon Coast Regional Council, damaging a greenhouse.

June 3, 2010
Around 9 pm, two Qassam rockets exploded in an open area south of Ashkelon. Another rocket landed in the Ashkelon Coast Regional Council, near a kibbutz.

June 24, 2010
Eight mortars and one rocket were fired at Israeli communities. Around 1:30 pm, three mortar shells exploded in open areas in the Hof Ashkelon Regional Council.

And today.

Thomson Reuters: no Principles, no Trust.