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What's it like to live under terrorist rocket fire?

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Photo by: BAZ RATNER/REUTERS
Last Wednesday, November 14, Israel launched Operation Pillar of Defense in response to the incessant rocket fire by Hamas from the Gaza Strip. Before the operation commenced, Hamas had fired approximately 800 rockets this year, which were predominantly limited to the south of the country. Since the operation began, 1,300 rockets were fired in seven days, sending one million residents running to bomb shelters.

At press time five people have already been killed, including one IDF soldier, with dozens seriously injured and many more requiring treatment. Were it not for bomb shelters and the Iron Dome missile defense system, that figure would be much higher. Likewise, the cancellation of lessons in schools and evacuation orders from the government and the IDF have prevented mass catastrophes.

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