(AP-Washington Post) A striking photo of 20 young children lying on the floor of their Hod Hasharon kindergarten during a siren with their hands covering their heads was featured prominently Wednesday in Israeli media. Most Israelis say they are willing to stomach the abnormal reality a while longer to avoid repeating a similar situation again, having already faced three rounds of fierce rocket fire over the past five years. Yotam Dagan, the director of community outreach at Israel's Trauma Center for Victims of Terror and War, said, "We've learned to move from normalcy to emergency in minutes...but when a missile lands near you it takes something out of you."
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