Israeli border towns empty, adjust to new threats

By Aron Heller

Published July 24, 2014 6:30am ET

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Israeli border towns empty, adjust to new threats — FILE - In this Monday, July 21, 2014 file photo, a man uses binoculars to look at the Gaza Strip from his balcony in the town of Sderot, Israel after a group of Hamas militants was detected infiltrating into Israel. With deadly fighting raging next door in the Gaza Strip, southern Israeli towns along the border have turned into mini army bases as most residents have fled. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov, File) | Tsafrir Abayov

NIR AM, Israel (AP) — With deadly fighting raging next door in the Gaza Strip, southern Israeli towns along the border have turned into mini army bases as most residents have fled.

Those left behind say they are long inured to near-daily salvos of rocket fire from Gaza but newly discovered tunnels that have been dug by Islamic militants nearby have them spooked.

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