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Israeli Town On Edge after Gaza Rocket Attacks

[Reuters] Ari Rabinovitch - When the siren sounds, residents of the southern Israeli town of Sderot, opposite Gaza, have 20 seconds to find a safe place before the rockets land. "At home the family runs to our shelter. If you are outside, you stand up against a wall," said Milenna Alhazov, 15. Shlomo Zarka, 49, said he saw a rocket fly overhead last week and land near a bank. "People don't realize how serious they are until someone is killed. Just leaving your house means taking a chance," he said. "The rockets are armed with shrapnel and ball-bearings that are sent flying when the rocket lands," said Haim Ben-Shimon, 55, head of the Magen David Adom ambulance service in Sderot. "They are meant to shred the body and tear off limbs. That's what happened Wednesday."
2006-11-17 01:00:00
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