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By: Tamar Sternthal May 25, 2021 0share Anyone who has experienced the terrifying sirens in Israel warning of incoming rocket fire understands that this trauma is not something that you ever “get used to.” Thousands of rockets launched by Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip have battered residents of southern Israel in recent years. That makes them experienced with running for safety in less than 15 seconds before impact; it doesn’t make them “used to it.” But that’s precisely what Agence France Presse claimed yesterday. The people of the agricultural collective, founded in 1982, long ago got used to cross-border rockets, mortar fire and spikes in heavy bombardment, which often ends as rapidly as it starts. ....
Sirens wail, radio broadcasts are interrupted, cellphones beep with red alerts every few seconds and warning messages flash on TV. When you hear them, rush for cover. This has become the routine across large areas of central and southern Israel, from small towns bordering Gaza to metropolitan Tel Aviv and southern Beersheva. More than 2 000 rockets have been launched by Hamas and other armed Palestinian groups into Israel this week alone, amid the most serious fighting between Israel and Gaza militants since 2014. Israeli soldiers prepare their artillery unit near the border with the Gaza Strip in Sderot, Israel. Photo: Amir Levy / Getty Images ....
No normal life for Israelis in range of Gaza rockets FILE PHOTO: An Israeli man takes a photo with his mobile phone at a residential building after a rocket launched overnight from the Gaza Strip hit it in Ashkelon, Israel May 14, 2021. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo reuters tickers This content was published on May 14, 2021 - 19:37 May 14, 2021 - 19:37 By Amir Cohen and Ari Rabinovitch ASHKELON, Israel (Reuters) - Sirens wail, radio broadcasts are interrupted, cellphones beep with Red Alerts every few seconds, and warning messages flash up on TV. When you hear them, rush for cover. This has become the routine across large areas of central and southern Israel, from small towns bordering Gaza to metropolitan Tel Aviv and southern Beersheva. ....