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Sderot Residents Relate Tales of Life Under Siege

[New York Sun] Erin Durkin - Five residents of the Israeli city of Sderot, a frequent target of Palestinian rockets fired from nearby Gaza, related their experiences Monday to Jewish leaders in New York at an event sponsored by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. A social worker who specializes in counseling trauma victims, Aharon Polat, said he often treated "children that cry all the time, that don't want to go to school, that can't separate from their parents for even a minute, that can't eat well and can't sleep well." Polat said he frequently saw children playing games based on rocket attacks. One child shouts "Red Alert" and the others run and take cover. Mor Yehudai, 21, said a rocket destroyed her family's home more than two years ago.
2007-06-13 01:00:00
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