excerpt from New York Times article, Thursday Feb. 28, 2008:
"Rockets again slammed into the Israeli border town of Sderot on Thursday, leaving the streets mostly deserted and the few people who ventured out running for cover.
"Many residents were in a state of panic as a series of rockets fell in the center of town."
Photo at right, and all others on this page, taken between 1:30 and 4:30 p.m. in downtown Sderot, Thursday Feb. 28, 2008.
The New York Times decided to emphasize the drama rather than the reality. I was in Sderot about four hours. There were two "color red" alarms as I started walking from Kibbutz Nir-Am, about a mile away, around 1:00, but I heard no others the rest of the day. Again, the residents here may be fearful, which is only natural, but they are tough and will not be scared away.
