‘Every day we play Russian roulette’

ELIEZER Asulin lives alone in the remains of his home, half-destroyed by a direct hit from a Hezbollah rocket fired from Lebanon.

It was just one of 1,200 rockets the guerrilla group has rained down on northern Israel in the past two weeks, killing 17 civilians and causing tens of thousands to flee south.

Those that have stayed behind, either for work or to protect their homes, now feel like they are gambling with their lives.