<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nAnd in a surreal juxtaposition, two clowns recently showed up in brightly coloured bobble hats to entertain the youngsters, while a flautist is performing a calming melody. Every so often, locals arrive bearing cardboard boxes of donated clothes and toys \u2013 filling the hotel’s restaurant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Benny Hason, a 66-year-old veteran of the kibbutz, goes around consoling people table by table. He said: ‘They were stalking outside our houses, shouting ‘Slaughter the Jews’ in Arabic and firing guns and shotguns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
‘They were throwing grenades into people’s houses. Most people had got into their shelters and locked the doors \u2013 but the terrorists were trying to blast open the doors with their bombs. Not everyone was lucky. Today our community is smaller.’<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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