Thanks for sharing that story Yada. It's grea to hear that these kids are getting some R&R in a comparitivly tranquil rear-area haven. At the same time it's distressing to hear what life is like in Qasam range of people who think they're doing Allah's will in killing and terrorizing these kids.

I know in my case training and simulation of various types of attacks in military training helped build swift and helpful reactions and habits, but felt very different from being under actual live fire. Thankfully Desert Storm was a brief but quite intense experience. I can only imagine what it's like to have incoming fire as an ongoing fact of life in the long term and as a civilian. I don't know if the IDF has the capability and willingness (rules of engagement) to target and destroy the launchers, whom I'll guess operate in civilian areas and in civilian dress? I know Saddam's forces quickly realized when they fired on us, they could expect a prompt and more intense response.

I also realize that people learn to react differently to such stress. I've heard of especially WW-1 veterans experiencing "shell shock" and intense trauma, whereas I recently watched a documentary Battle 360 of the USS Enterprise pilots landing on Henderson field on Guadal Canal encountering Japanese shelling on the ground for the first time diving for cover and then being heckled by the Marines who'd grown accustomed to the shelling by that time. I find it truly heart breaking that kids and other civilians must face this same stress indefintely just for living in their homes.