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In Kiryah Shemonah, Katyusha rocket attacks are a
way of life.

LARRY DERFNER ISRAEL CORRESPONDENT

K

iryat Shemonah was
three-quarters empty on
Tuesday, the sixth day of
"Grapes of Wrath," the Is-
raeli mini-war against Hezbollah
forces in Lebanon. Only 5,000
residents remained in this town
not far from the border. The re-
maining 15,000 or so had been
bussed off to army residential
quarters in the middle of the
country, or had driven off by
themselves to relatives or hotels
far from Hezbollah's Katyushas.
In the middle of town, cab dri-
vers stood next to their cabs. A
few bored young men sat at out-
door cafes. Some shops were
open, most were closed. The
nerve center was the municipal-
ity building. Here was where
Kiryat Shemonah heard from
army spotters in Lebanon what
to expect.
"All residents are directed to
go into their bomb shelters. We
have a warning of Katyushas be-
ing fired," city spokesman Yoram
Even-Tsur said that morning into
a microphone that carried over
loudspeakers on the streets. Sol-
diers in jeeps rode up and down
the neighborhoods, calling out the
order to people inside their
homes.
In seconds a Katyusha fell —
fired from Lebanon over the
mountain that separates that
country from Israel, and falling
harmlessly, high on the moun-
tainside above Kiryat Shemon-
ah. From below one could see the
smoke from the burning trees
and grasses where the missile
fell.
Things had been calming down

in the last couple of days. Only
one Katyusha had been fired at
the city the previous day, land-
ing in an open field, away from
people. In all, Mr. Even-Tsur
said, about 50 missiles had fall-
en on the city, injuring 10 people,
including one woman, Hani Chi-
mi, critically.
Outside the municipality
building, there were small signs
of life — even during the warn-
ings when people were supposed
to be in their shelters, a few men
were out mowing their lawns, a
pair of old women were walking
home from the grocery store.
"Most of the people who've
stayed are veterans of the town,
the ones who came here in the
'50s and '60s — they're rooted
here, and nobody can move them.
The younger ones have a greater
tendency to want to leave," Mr.
Even-Tsar said.
There has been a muted de-
bate in Israel whether it is right
and honorable for residents to flee
Kiryat Shemonah during
wartime. Some critics raise the
example of staunch Londoners
during World War II, but for the
most part, Israelis understand
that residents of Kiryat She-
monah have been taking this
shelling off and on since the late
1960s — they don't have to prove
anything to anyone.
A lot of the underground bomb
shelters are empty, but up the hill
in the aparLiiient building at 274
Yehudah Halevi St., the shelter
is full. It is about the size of a stu-
dio apartment, with six couches
set up for sleepers.

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