Operation Lifeshield
January 15, 2008
How would you feel if you sent your children out to play and knew they might get hit by a rocket? And what would you do if you couldn't sleep on the top floor of your house because you were afraid a rocket might come crashing through your roof?
That's the kind of lifestyle the folks in Sderot, Israel, have lived for the past seven years. Thousands of rockets and mortars have been fired at the Israeli community since 2001.
In order to help the people of Sderot, several Christian organizations, including the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem, teamed their resources. On Sunday, they took the press on a tour of the town and displayed one of the 12 bomb shelters they're donating. As Earl Cox of "Israel Always" said at the press conference, "We can't bring peace, but we can bring peace of mind to the people of Sderot."
The bomb shelters -- provided in partnership with Operation Lifeshield -- will offer a way for the people of Sderot to wait for the bus, play in the playground or walk down the street with a greater measure of security.
If you have the time, take a look at the video. It includes excerpts from interviews with police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld, ICEJ media director David Parsons and Yurgen Bulher, the international director of the ICEJ. Notice what's in the background: hundreds of spent Kassam rockets that have been fired into Sderot during the past few years.
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