On 1/4/09 K wrote:
Barry,
Have you been effected by the missile strikes? Hope not.
How are you?
K

K,
I’m fine.
A few people in Israel have been killed or hurt by missiles, but they were within range of the missiles in the southern part of the country, at most about 20 miles from the Gaza border. I’m living approximately in the middle of the country, in Netanya, far from the Gaza border. But, if Hezbollah starts firing its missiles from Lebanon, those missiles could come down almost as far as where I’m living. I’m not worried, the probability of being killed or hurt by a missile is pretty small. These things are not accurate. They are mainly a terror weapon, they cause indiscriminate damage. I don’t think they’re nearly as lethal as the Israel traffic.
However, the missiles are very effective as terror weapons. Besides those who were killed or injured, there are a great many people who have been significantly terrorized. It is totally unacceptable for Hamas or Islamic Jihad in Gaza, or the Hezbollah in Lebanon, to shoot thousands of rockets at civilians in Israel.
The IDF invaded Gaza. I hope they will be successful in significantly reducing Hamas’ power to terrorize Israel in the future. It is not clear what the IDF can accomplish, we will have to see how this war turns out.
Thanks for asking. Be well,
Barry