Sentence examples for prevent rockets from inspiring English sources

As another top commander put it, "If we want to prevent rockets from being shot from the West Bank, keeping our troops on the ground is probably necessary".

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a television address on Wednesday night, said the blockade was necessary to prevent rockets and missiles from being smuggled to Hamas, which governs Gaza, and other anti-Israel militants.

"No cost is too high to prevent rockets landing in Tel Aviv" comes the rejoinder.

Israeli officials stated that a security zone was being carved out around Gaza to prevent rockets being fired into Israel and they said the number of such attacks had been drastically reduced by the military action.

Hamas has made some efforts to prevent rocket fire by smaller militant groups.

My response is this: military action has repeatedly failed to prevent rocket attacks against innocent Israelis.

One of my tasks was to prevent rocket attacks on Saigon's port.

Israel has offered to withdraw only from the northern city of Beit Hanun, which it reoccupied in May to prevent rocket attacks into nearby Israeli towns.

The protesters were angry that the authority was doing nothing to stop the bulldozing of orchards by Israeli troops trying to prevent rocket attacks against Israeli villages.

The little known Mujahadeen Shura Council of Jerusalem said in September that 20 of its members were rounded up by Hamas security men "to prevent rocket fire from Gaza".

Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni struck a similar uncompromising note, telling public radio that "the role of the Israeli Army is to defend Israeli civilians, combat terrorism and prevent rocket attacks.