Rocket attacks into Israel

I am having difficulties loading the pictures onto the blog so in the meantime I wanted to say something a bit serious. Though I imagine it doesn't make the news in the US (or in Europe for that matter) rockets get fired every day into southern Israel from Gaza. Today, several rockets from Gaza landed in the Negev desert in the South and luckily no one was hurt, but rocket attacks earlier in this week led to the closure of schools in parts of the South (mostly b/c of parental pressure). Though I have not been to the South yet (I'll let you know when I'm going), I have spoken to Israelis who point to the fact that this is a part of life. Sderot, a city in the South that has been under bombardment for ten years (don't quote on that figure) has a pile of rockets in front of the police station that have been fired into the city. Recently, Ashkelon and Ashdod, also cities in the South have made news as Hamas militants have targeted those cities as well. I am not writing this to be biased towards one side or another, but I did want to point out something that I felt was important that some people may not have been aware of. I also want to note that I am living (safely) only a couple of hours drive from these attacks and yet I do not feel that I am in any danger.

Check out this article on the Haaretz website:

Rocket fired from Gaza hits near Netivot synagogue

-Pavel


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