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Katjushas, rockets, missiles...we have it.
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  • Updated By haiamisa on August 15, 2006
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  • Shopping center - Qiryat Shemona
    Shopping center
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    K8 has been hit by rockets from terrorists in Lebanon on and off for several decades by now. These are pictures from August 2006, after 34 days of war with Hizbollah....

    There are many bomb shelters in the town and newer houses have special 'security rooms' which are 'missile safe'.

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    Fire! And living under fire...
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  • Updated By haiamisa on August 12, 2006
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  • Fire - Qiryat Shemona
    Fire
    by haiamisa, 4 more photos
    Forest /bush fires start easily here in summer when we don't have rain for many months. In these pictures you can see the mountain behind my house burning.... but not burning because of a cigarette or something like that... a rocket (katjusha) fell here during the war with Hizbollah (in Lebanon) in July 2006...

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    Menara Cliff. Do NOT Lean over the Fence!
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  • By Trillian2005 on December 12, 2005
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  • Don't! - Qiryat Shemona
    Don't!
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    Menara Cliff is a fantastic observation point near Kiriat Shemona. As its name indicates, it is located on a cliff from where you have a fascinating view of Kiriat Shemona and the surrounding scenery, including the mountains bordering Lebanon and Syria. You can reach Menara Cliff via car or cable car and enjoy the view from above. Please don't lean over the fence at the edge of the cliff! If you do, this will be your fate awaiting you shortly (see picture).

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    Driving to Mt. Hermon in winter
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  • Updated By haiamisa on February 17, 2007
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  • Not so much traffic yet - Qiryat Shemona
    Not so much traffic yet
    by haiamisa
    It is winter and heavy rains have fallen, this means snow in Mt.Hermon and all the folks want to go to ski or play in the snow during the sunny weekends. The roads get really blocked by hundreds of cars from the early morning and in the afternoon when everybody returns home. It can be very tiring. What to do? The most important thing it to drive VERY early in the morning, before most folks wake up. I have no idea how to avoid the afternoon traffic though...

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    Beware the zero bus!
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  • Updated By haiamisa on March 29, 2006
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  • Destination: ground zero - Qiryat Shemona
    Destination: ground zero
    by haiamisa
    This bus is often met at the central bus station of K8. It is the 000 bus on number 0 platform.
    Don't board it! It might take you to ground zero... we are after all very close to Lebanon border here...

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    Cool winters
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  • By haiamisa on July 29, 2006
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  • Cacti covered with hail in my garden - Qiryat Shemona
    Cacti covered with hail in my
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    Winters here can be chilly. Temperatures can be under +10C, the mountains have snow and sometimes there is hail even in K8. Take a jacket, sweater and warm socks!

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    Mine fields
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  • By haiamisa on July 16, 2007
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  • Beware mines! - Qiryat Shemona
    Beware mines!
    by haiamisa
    There are many mine fields in the Golan Heights. These fields were left as they were after the Six Day War in 1967. There is a fence and a warning sign around them. Do not try your luck and enter these fields!

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    russian machine gun
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  • By fabrice on January 16, 2003
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