(IsraelNN.com) Dari Barkin, spokesman for the Israeli kibbutzim surrounding Gaza, says that daily life has been very tough for civilians in the last seven years under rocket and mortar fire.

When asked what he wants the government to do to protect the Jews in the region, he said that they need more shelters and safe places to run to when attacked. He did not mention a demand for the military to silence the attacks.

Israel National News anchorman Aharon Deutch noted that the kibbutzim in the area supported Ariel Sharon's 2005 Disengagement plan to retreat from Gaza and proceeded to ask the kibbutz leader if they had changed their minds in light of the continued rocket attacks. Click play on the player above to hear his answer.