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A Festival of Lights under the Gloom of Rockets

[Xinhua-China] On the second day of Hanukkah, or the Festival of Lights, Geut Argon sat on the toilet lid, shivering, her hands covering her face. Her elder sister Ruth and another few people who also rushed into the small bathroom stood beside and waited nervously. After an anxious quiet, Ruth said it was okay now. As people walked out of the makeshift shelter they started talking about why the rocket-attack alarm sounded after the explosion. During the past month, the Israeli towns near Gaza have been subject to almost daily rains of rockets and mortar shells fired by Palestinian militants. Geut, a mother of two, is still recovering from the terrible incident in January when a rocket made a direct hit on her house, knocking her into a temporary coma and injuring her head and knee.
2008-12-24 06:00:00
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