(Times of Israel) Jonathan Beck - Eshkol Regional Council head Haim Jelin's testimony last week to a UN commission in Geneva, in which he describes the heavy shelling of his region near the Gaza border, was broadcast by Israel Army Radio on Sunday. The Eshkol Region was one of the hardest hit during the war, absorbing hundreds of shells and rockets as well as underground infiltration attempts by Hamas fighters from Gaza. Jelin broke down while describing the death of Daniel Tragerman, a 4-year-old boy killed by a mortar shell on Aug. 22. "Every day between 100 and 120 mortar shells explode in our communities....Daniel Tragerman, a child 4.5 years of age, understands that when he hears the Color Red siren he needs to reach shelter...but he doesn't make it. This is his photograph....What is he to blame for? He's to blame for not making it to the safe room in 15 seconds."
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