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Background
Sderot is a city located in the western Negev, in Southern Israel, just one mile from the Gaza Strip. During the last seven years, the city has been devastated by Qassam rocket attacks carried out by Palestinian militant groups in Gaza. Several Israelis have been killed or injured as a result from theses attacks also schools, kindergartens, community centers, synagogues and private homes have been severely damaged. In 2005, Sderot was home to 35,000 residents. At the end of 2006, only 19,800 were still living there.
Click here to view a time line of attacks on the city
Statements to the UN Security Council: The Situation in Gaza and Sderot - January 22, 2008
"Since the year 2000, more than 7,000 rockets and mortars have been fired at Israel by terrorists in the Gaza Strip. Last year alone, that number was over 2,000. And since Hamas' violent takeover of Gaza in June 2007, the frequency of rocket attacks rose 150 percent, to more than 250 rockets and mortars a month. This means, on average, one rocket is fired at Israel every three hours."
In the News
Student killed in Negev college as Qassam barrage intensifies February 28, 2008 Haaretz
Kassams in Sderot: Remarks to the Press - February 10, 2008 by Foreign Minister Livni
Sderot children in Brighton, MA for the summer - July 8, 2007 by Chabad News
Watch a YouTube video about Life in Sderot and go to Sderot Media Center for more information
Lior Ben Schimmel, 5, was seriously wounded when a rocket directly hit her neighbor’s home where she was playing on January 16, 2008.
For more personal stories click here
Take Action
Click here to contact your respresentative about House Resolution 951, which condemns the on going rocket attacks from Gaza on Israeli civilians, with specificity in Sderot
Click here to make donations to help the residents of Sderot
