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Another Day in Sderot

(Jerusalem Post) David Farer - The alarm in Sderot is not a siren, but rather the recording of a woman's voice, repeating "Tzeva Adom (Color Red)." This is usually followed by an almost simultaneous "Whoosh" that sounds like a Boeing jet flying through our living room as a pair of Iron Dome rockets blast off and up to destroy a missile that might well have struck our home. Often, bits of flaming metal fall on Sderot, descending on parks and streets for children to collect the next morning. Every Sderot child has a little pile of Kassam and Iron Dome remains in his playroom. These rockets have been a part of Sderot childhood for 15 years. These steady rocket attacks on a civilian population have a cumulative effect over a period of years. Let no one say "nothing happened" because that night's rocket hit no home.
2018-01-01 00:00:00
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