Kassam rockets at the Sderot Police Department

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along Israel's Gaza Border

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Sderot, Israel - Photo pages
Page four

The Border

Israeli soldiers
Israeli soldiers take up positions near the Gaza border.

tourists
Tourists look out over a local reservoir into the Gaza Strip. The smokestacks in the distance are in Ashkelon.
To the left is the Gaza city of Beit Hanun..

eye in the sky
Eye in the sky.
This tethered blimp has equipment to detect the launch
of kassam rockets and set off the "color red" alarm.


Gaza border patrol
This telephoto shot of a section of the border between Israel and Gaza shows
Israeli jeeps on patrol on a day that Hamas threatened to bring huge crowds up to the border fence.
Only a few turned out for the demonstration. This location is about a mile from Sderot.

Gaza border map
Map showing proximity of Sderot and Beit Hanun.