Paya Amirov described her life as a game of “Russian Roulette”—she can’t know whether the next minute, hour, or day will be quiet or chaotic, with the ever-present possibility of needing to drop everything and run from scorching metal and shrapnel that falls from the sky.
Red alert sirens, which have made life here grim for every resident, have made doing business here nearly impossible for many. On Thursday, even as the city was enjoying its fourth day of calm, the sight of gray metal shutters in front of nearly every shop in this alleyway was a stark reminder that Sderot\’s store owners know better than to think that temporary quiet will soon bring customers back.
Israel will continue to attack the groups that fire rockets on her citizens, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
As rockets continued to fall on southern Israel, Egypt reportedly was working to broker a cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian terror groups in Gaza.
Amid the worst Palestinian rocket strike so far this year, Jewish residents endure school closings and flee to bomb shelters, while the Israeli government offers hope in the form of its Iron Dome missile defense system.
Israel\’s Air Force bombed two targets in Gaza after a Kassam rocket fired from Gaza struck southern Israel and injured a woman.
Israel and terrorist groups in Gaza reportedly agreed to a ceasefire.
Where were all the people of Gaza rising up in outrage when Hamas used them as human shields?
Since the army operation, the region has been hit by a daily barrage of rockets — about a dozen Monday, more than 30 the day before. Sixty have fallen on Sderot alone so far this month, according to the town\’s security officer. The situation essentially is returning to what it had been for much of the past eight years.
The rocket landed Sunday not far from the home of Mayor Eli Moyal
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