Reporter Ian MacKinnon of the Times of London writes that there will be virtually no children in the town over the summer:
The town’s schools have closed two weeks early amid fears that another would be hit by the makeshift rockets, after a dramatic upsurge in attacks over the past 11 days.
The latest barrage has proved too much for the town, where one in three children already suffers from post- traumatic stress disorder.
Families are snapping up offers from Israeli corporations, towns and kibbutzim all over the country to take in the town’s children for camps and activities, giving them a break from the Qassams.
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