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Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/27/world/middleeast/27sderot.html
Bomb Shelters and Music in Sderot
[New York Times] Jennifer Medina - The Israeli town of Sderot, barely a mile from Gaza, is one of the few cities where bomb shelters are still used frequently. Sderot has been barraged by more than 4,000 rockets in the last six years, including nearly 200 since a cease-fire began in November. Six people have died from the attacks, and dozens of homes have been damaged. Sderot is also the hometown of a pop culture hero: Kobi Oz, the lead singer of Teapacks, the Israeli pick for the Eurovision song contest. On Israeli radio it is possible to hear more than half a dozen bands from Sderot, quite a feat for a place with about 25,000 people.