Sentence examples for was under rocket from inspiring English sources

Kandahar Airfield in southern Afghanistan was under rocket attack, again.

What if Dublin was under rocket attack, the Israeli ambassador asked then?

Later, after the ships had gone, I saw a large explosion: the port was under rocket attack by the Shabaab.

But the UK town of Crossmaglen in Northern Ireland was under rocket attack from the Irish Republic in the 1970s – yet the RAF didn't bomb Dublin in retaliation, killing Irish women and children.

"Those who cannot cope with the situation here should move to Switzerland or Finland," he said during the latest round of fighting, when Tel Aviv was under rocket attack.

"It's a town which is under rocket attacks.

"No country can exist if its citizens are under rocket attack day in and day out, year in year out," Engel continued.

It's not because of the rockets, although Israel is under constant rocket fire.

With nerves taut, Palestinians there felt certain that they were under Israeli rocket attack.

The prime minister's office then suggested including children from communities in southern Israel that have been under intense rocket fire from Gaza in recent days.

Towns and villages in southern Israel have been under continual rocket and mortar fire from Gaza in recent months, while Gaza has been subject to frequent Israeli military strikes aimed at militants and incursions.