Day 22 Of Operation Protectice Edge

Since our last update we have had three ceasefires and one potential extension of the first one. Each and every one of them was broken by Hamas. The ceasefire over Shabbat ended at 8:00 P.M. that evening. By 8:03 P.M. Hamas had fired 4 rockets into Israel… I guess they.
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The Whole School Is A Bomb Shelter

The school we supply sandwiches to each week asked us if we could help to do some painting and wall repair, to which we gladly said yes. Even though the city is responsible for the repairs the city is so far in the red that painting and repairing some of.
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Meet Stephen

It seems every time we need help our friend Stephen from Northern Ireland shows up. He first came to Sderot in 2011. No sooner did we shake hands for the first time and he was manning one of the games set up for Hanukah that year. He came back in.
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“Operation “Protective Edge” Day 15

There is now a new threat to the citizens of Sderot; as if the daily threat of a Kassam rocket attacks wasn’t enough. We now are faced the reality of infiltrators from Gaze entering our city. Monday morning ten Hamas militants dressed like IDF troops were spotted less than 2.
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Operation “Protective Edge” Day 9

The UN requested cease fire brought a welcome 5 hour rest. For just a little while the sound of outgoing artillery fire stopped, “Tseva Adom” did not startle anyone and Iron Dome laid quiet, yet ever ready to defend us against the Hamas terror attacks. It started at 10 a.m..
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Operation “Protective Edge” Day 4

As rockets continue to rain down on Israel; I can no longer write about Sderot or the citie's that surround Gaza but now all of Israel is a target. Sderot may not be getting the brunt of the current rocket fire but we still a target and getting hit too..
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Operation “ Protective Edge” Has Begun

I have been trying to slow down enough over the past 4 days to update you on what is happening here in Sderot. I have started every night only to be sent to our bomb shelter from incoming rockets; so I will try to combine the past four day notes.
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Can’t Keep Up With The Count Of Kassams

In the past 20 hours Hamas terrorists have fired Kassam rockets at towns that border Gaza 128 times. Is it any reason the headlines from the Jerusalem post look the way they do? *Home Front Command bans gatherings of over 500 people in areas within 40 km of Gaza. *Code.
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A Little Close To Home

For the past five days Sderot has once again been the target for Hamas terrorists in Gaza. Fifteen rockets have landed somewhere in the city limits of Sderot, three of them were direct hit. DEBKA reports that "Hamas achieved three direct hits of buildings in Sderot with three guided missiles in.
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Escalation Ramping Up

As this escalation of terrorist attacks on Sderot is ramping up, people are once again reminded of days past when Kassam, sometimes 5-10 a day sometimes 30 a days fell on us. Because we have lived with this for sooo long (since 2001) and main stream media has ignored us.
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