Questions raised in rocket-hit Sderot over whether IDF can destroy Hamas

Questions raised in rocket-hit Sderot over whether IDF can destroy Hamas

People in city bordering Gaza say Israel will never be safe while Hamas exists but many worry IDF will not achieve its objective

The two men, faces blurred and voices disguised, are screened by a dense scrub of fig and trailing vine and thorns in northern Gaza as they film themselves loading a rocket launcher.

It is daylight and the fighters, wearing civilian clothes, work quickly and calmly, the sound of fighting audible around them as they prepare the weapon in less than a minute. Metal scrapes on metal as four missiles are slotted into tubes and wires connected to a red timer for launch against the nearby Israeli border city of Sderot and neighbouring communities.

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