Shrapnel-filled rockets used on civilians
Thursday, August 31st, 2006 | Post a comment
Steel balls and other lethal fragments were encased in rockets from Syria and Iran that were used by Hezbollah on Israeli civilian areas during the recent war, the Israeli Ministry of Defense confirmed to WND today.
Photographs of the anti-personnel “flying metal” damage done by Syrian-made 220-mm rockets fired by Hezbollah were published today in Israel by Uzi Rubin of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. Rubin served as the head of Israel’s Missile Defense Organization from 1991 to 1999, when he oversaw development of the country’s Arrow anti-missile defense system.
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