Four or five families of Kfar Aza are planning to leave the Kibbutz, where a member was killed by a Hamas-fired rocket last Friday. Kfar Aza is located in the western Negev, across the highway from the site of the religious Kibbutz Sa'ad. The area was the site of fighting in the War for Independence in 1948.
Hamas terrorist leaders previously have vowed to continue attacks until nearby Sderot becomes a "ghost town."
Kibbutz spokesperson Varda Goldstein said it was not true that 40 families were interested in leaving for good. "Rather, various families wish to leave for a few days, in order to get over their fear and shock over what happened here on Friday. The Shaar HaNegev Regional Council has been helping families do this for eight years already, ever since the rockets began."