After 18 Qassams slammed into Sderot and the western Negev, Eli Moyal (pictured) just resigned as mayor. According to Haaretz, five people were wounded, including a girl hit by shrapnel. Others are being treated for shock:
“I cannot take the responsibility to manage a city that is under attack for seven years,” he said. “If 20 children are killed tomorrow from a rocket, I will be asked, ‘why did you open the kindergarten?’ I have been deliberating matters pertaining to human life for years now, and I cannot continue,” he said.
Developing . . . .
UPDATE Dec. 15: Moyal withdrew his resignation and returned to work.
