Less than half of 400 guests invited to a Bar Mitzva in Kiryat Shemona arrived Sunday night because of the Katyusha attack on the northern Galilee. "I enjoyed the Bar Mitzva reception but it is a shame that everyone did not come, "said 13-year-old Shlomi Biton.

Only 180 guests arrived, and most of them were guests who had stayed over for the Sabbath. "People were on their way, but they turned back when they heard about the attacks," said the boy's mother.