Staying put despite deadly rockets

A severe shortage of rental apartments, students unable to find a place to live and potential tenants fighting over every last vacant property

Even if people sometimes threaten they will leave, they then stop for a minute, think twice about it and realize that in spite of everything, you can live a very good life here

"Qassams and mortar shells are significant, but they are not everything. Deep in their hearts, people believe that one day this will end," he said.

"This is my home," Amit explained, "Even if the security situation here is dangerous, I feel like this is the safest place in the world. My children have learned to live with the Qassams.

"Even though it's scary, and at times I ask myself why I need this in my life, the bottom line is that I am the happiest here. Troubles and dangers can be found anywhere," she added.