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July 29, 2016       Share:    

Source: http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/A-fortified-Sderot-continues-life-under-the-threat-from-Gaza-462713

Israel Fortifies 10,000 Homes in Gaza-Vicinity Communities

(Jerusalem Post) Eliyahu Kamisher - Israel's Construction and Housing Ministry recently concluded a NIS 1.3 billion fortification project in Sderot and 43 other communities within 7 km. of Gaza. "The project to fortify homes in Gaza-vicinity communities provided 9-sq.m. bomb shelters for 10,140 housing units that previously had no shelters," the ministry said. Sderot Mayor Alon Davidi spoke Thursday of the train station - fortified against rocket attacks - and a construction boom that includes six new neighborhoods. Children play in fortified playgrounds, with bomb shelters a few meters away. On July 1, a rocket hit an empty kindergarten.

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