- Title: ISRAEL: Residents in southern Israel seek shelter in the north
- Date: 25th August 2014
- Summary: SA'AD, ISRAEL (AUGUST 25, 2014) (REUTERS) ISRAELIS RESIDENTS GOING TO A BUS, TO LEAVE TOWARD JERUSALEM CHILD CLIMBING STAIRS OF BUS VARIOUS OF ISRAELIS FROM SOUTH, INSIDE A BUS, HEADING TO JERUSALEM (SOUNDBITE) (English) RESIDENT OF SOUTH, KINERET, SAYING: "We are going to Jerusalem for few days, just to have fun and some peaceful days. We don't want to run away from here
- Embargoed: 9th September 2014 13:00
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- Location: Israel
- Country: Israel
- Topics: Defence / Military
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- Story Text: Many Israeli residents from the farming community of Sa'ad, on the border with Gaza, left to seek shelter in Jerusalem on Monday (August 25).
They say they need a break from rocket and mortar attacks, launched by Palestinian militants in Gaza.
"We are going to Jerusalem for few days, just to have fun and some peaceful days. We don't want to run away from here. It's our house and we hope it will be peaceful soon, but we need some rest. We and of course our children," Kineret, one resident of Sa'ad said.
Though for the resident of Sa'ad, Jerusalem is calmer, it is not out of range for all of the rockets. Air raid sirens have sounded in the holy city a few times since the latest outbreak of violence between Israel and militants in Gaza.
More than 80 rockets were launched at southern Israel on Monday, causing no casualties, the army said.
Israeli air strikes killed at least eight Palestinians in the Gaza Strip Monday and militants kept up their rocket fire on southern Israel.
Palestinian health officials say 2,122 people, most of them civilians, including more than 400 children, have been killed in Gaza since July 8, when Israel launched an offensive with the declared aim of ending rocket fire into its territory.
Sixty-four Israeli soldiers and four civilians in Israel have been killed. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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