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Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/18/world/middleeast/18sderot.html?ref=middleeast
Olmert Visits Israeli Town Where Residents Flee Rocket Fire
[New York Times] Isabel Kershner - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert paid an unannounced visit to Sderot on Thursday night to show solidarity with its residents after days of rocket fire from the nearby Gaza Strip. Sderot, about a mile from the Gaza border, has been struck hardest by the Kassams. The continual rocket fire has traumatized the local population, particularly the children, say social services officials in the town. Mayor Moyal said about 40-50 percent of the town's 24,000 residents had left, but not for good. "We are not evacuating the place," he said. "People just need to decompress for a while."