19.08.2011                      19.Aw-Elul, 5771

Anschlagserie:

‘This won’t weaken our pearl in the desert’

Eliat mayor pledges resilience despite tragedy; prime minister and president phone Meir Yitzhak-Halevi to express solidarity.

As army and police forces continued to man checkpoints and sweep the desert north of Eilat on Thursday night, searching for terrorists who were still roaming the area, the Red Sea resort appeared to retain an atmosphere of normalcy, though some background tension could be felt.
North of the city, jeeps, helicopters, police vehicles and special forces fanned out across the area, and sporadic exchanges of fire with terrorists still in the region erupted into the night hours. But inside Eilat, home to 60,000 residents, civilian life continued in a routine manner, as vacationers flooded hotels, beaches, cafes and bars….