Sderot Israel: Life Under Code Red

"I wasn't even scared this time," Orenbouch said. "Because I couldn't stop thinking about stories from the Holocaust, of mothers protecting their babies just like I was doing," she said. "And then I asked myself, 'Is this normal?'"

A city of only 20,000 people, everyone in Sderot knows someone with a tragic story.

One day Raziel's friends, Ella Abukasis and her brother, Tamir, had been on their way back from the youth group gathering when a Qassam fell four meters away from them.

"Ella grabbed her brother and protected him," Raziel said. "Pieces of the rockets lodged into Ella's head."

Her brother survived, although a piece of the Qassam was still stuck in his head.

"The doctors said it would fall out on its own," Raziel said. "We were in class one day and we heard a noise. The piece of the missile had fallen out of his head."

Faith plays a large role in many Sderot residents' lives.

"When we heard a code red we ran to hide under a tree," Liz said. "We lied on the ground and said the Shema Yisrael [a Jewish prayer] as we heard the booms. They were very close."

For some, having faith is the only way to get through the daily struggles. Orenbouch said that she will not stop her children if they want to go somewhere alone. "We have taught them all how to be prepared," she said. "The rest is up to God."

She acknowledged that people might expect them to move away from Sderot. "But terrorists don't have a right to tell us to leave," she said.

"It's our home and we won't leave because they scare us."