Israeli authorities estimate that 46 communities inside Israel will be vulnerable to Palestinian rocket fire once Israel pulls out of the Gaza Strip. The communities, all located in the western Negev region within four miles of the Gaza border, also will be exposed to potential terrorist infiltration, Col. Uzi Buchbinder, head of the civil defense department of Israel’s Home Front Command, said Tuesday, according to Ha’aretz.
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