, Israel is seeking new ways to intercept Palestinian rockets fired from the Gaza Strip in mid-flight as its military proves unable to stop daily rocket fire from the territory, a senior official told AFP Nov. 23.
Palestinian militants in Gaza have fired thousands of the homemade Qassam rockets at neighboring Israeli communities in the past six years in attacks that have killed 10 people.
But despite constant aerial surveillance and regular ground incursions into launch areas, the Israeli military has so far had no success in preventing attacks from rockets which can be fired within seconds from well-hidden sites.
A senior Israeli official told AFP that the military is now seeking a technological solution to intercept the short-range rockets.
