Israel exodus leaves old and poor to face rockets

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KIRYAT SHMONA (Israel), Aug 4: As the rockets rain down on northern Israel, tens of thousands of terrified Israelis have fled to the south, leaving mainly the old, weak or those too poor to get out.

On Friday, the latest barrage of Hezbollah missiles killed three people, bringing to 30 the number of Israeli civilians to die from the strikes.

Despite the toll — which compares with the 900-odd Lebanese killed on the other side of the border by Israeli air strikes — there is no Israeli government-sponsored evacuation system in place.

Nor can local councils afford to pay to move Israelis to the south. So the less well off either have to stay put or, for the more fortunate, escape with the help of charity.

Dawn

[Kagemusha]

1. Gut reaction: Wow, that sounds so much like the Lebanese!

And Katrina, incidentally.

[madrchsod]

2. the cowards run

while those who have nothing are left to meet their god. they will be receved while the cowards will be turned away..that is written in the books

[tech3149]

3. Great minds think alike

That was my first thought as well. Where the health and saftey of innocents are concerned, I can't choose sides. I only ohpe that more people could see the view from the other side.