AL JAZEERA ON SDEROT: Gee, I didn't know they cared:

As part of Al Jazeera's 1967 anniversary coverage, Rob Winder visits the southern Israeli town of Sderot, where rocket attacks by Palestinian fighters from Gaza have brought the town close to collapse.

History does not mean a lot in the Israeli town of Sderot.

The 40th anniversary of the 1967 war means little to people who live in fear caused by a conflict very much alive and well.

Despite a relative lull in recent days, the town and its surrounding area continue to be hit by rockets fired by Palestinian fighters in Gaza, just three kilometres away.

Two people have been killed by the missiles in the past two weeks and up to half of Sderot's 24,000-strong population are believed to have fled.

The damage and deaths caused by the rockets compared to those carried out in Gaza by Israel are minimal, but the fear that grips the town is palpable.

Oh yeah, Israel fires rockets on civilians in Gaza all the time.

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