This morning, four people were treated for trauma after four shells were fired at N'vei Dekalim. The town is the largest in the Katif bloc, on Israel's southern Mediterranean coastal area in the Gaza Strip. The shells exploded in the yards of private homes and very close to a children's nursery.
Three other shells were fired this morning at the area just south of nearby Ganei Tal.
Hundreds of enraged residents from all around Gush Katif say they have decided "to sit no longer with our arms folded." They will arrive today for what they call a "furious demonstration" outside the IDF Gaza Formation headquarters. The beleaguered residents demand that the army take the necessary actions to stop what has become a daily barrage of missiles and shells on their homes.
"You cannot possibly imagine what we are going through here, day in and day out." So said the region's Rabbi Yigal Kaminetzky to a group of yeshiva high school principals who recently visited Gush Katif. "The daily fears, the concerns for the children, the uncertainties, the difficulties - these are simply matters that cannot be described to those who don't experience them. However, this is our big test – and we will emerge victorious."
The rabbi has praise for his neighbors: " We grow constantly from day to day, as does our belief. We know that we live amidst miracles. Mortar shells, which have the same effect as Kassam rockets, have landed just feet away from each of my two daughters; another shell landed on our lawn, but because the lawn was very wet, the shell penetrated through and exploded underground. Everyone here has similar stories."
The population, Rabbi Kaminetzky said, comprises "regular people – not just yeshiva students and great ideologues. They are farmers, and they have great vision and great faith. If they weaken, their children spur them on. Our belief is great, and we will win."
Three other shells were fired this morning at the area just south of nearby Ganei Tal.
Hundreds of enraged residents from all around Gush Katif say they have decided "to sit no longer with our arms folded." They will arrive today for what they call a "furious demonstration" outside the IDF Gaza Formation headquarters. The beleaguered residents demand that the army take the necessary actions to stop what has become a daily barrage of missiles and shells on their homes.
"You cannot possibly imagine what we are going through here, day in and day out." So said the region's Rabbi Yigal Kaminetzky to a group of yeshiva high school principals who recently visited Gush Katif. "The daily fears, the concerns for the children, the uncertainties, the difficulties - these are simply matters that cannot be described to those who don't experience them. However, this is our big test – and we will emerge victorious."
The rabbi has praise for his neighbors: " We grow constantly from day to day, as does our belief. We know that we live amidst miracles. Mortar shells, which have the same effect as Kassam rockets, have landed just feet away from each of my two daughters; another shell landed on our lawn, but because the lawn was very wet, the shell penetrated through and exploded underground. Everyone here has similar stories."
The population, Rabbi Kaminetzky said, comprises "regular people – not just yeshiva students and great ideologues. They are farmers, and they have great vision and great faith. If they weaken, their children spur them on. Our belief is great, and we will win."