Sderot
/ (ˌsdeɪˈrəʊt) /
a city in the W Negev in S Israel, close to the border with Gaza; a target for sustained rocket attack by Hamas since 2001. Population: 19 800 (2006 est)
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How to use Sderot in a sentence
Why do such militants fire at Sderot and not at, say, the Egyptian town of Rafah along the Gaza border?
Sderot is the closest Israeli town to Gaza, and the easiest to hit.
What are the underlying chords that lead to rocket fire on Sderot?
Gaza militants have fired thousands of rockets and mortar bombs at Sderot, and not a single one at Haifa.
Searches for an ultimate "root cause" of Gaza militants' rocket fire on Sderot will probably never succeed.
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