Israeli kids race for rocket shrapnel as blitz rages on

SDEROT, Israel: As police and onlookers stare at the damage caused by the latest Gaza rocket to slam into this southern Israeli town, no one pays attention to the small boy clambering over the fence and kicking through the debris.

Deep in concentration, 11-year-old Yinon Tubi peers under bushes and sifts through the rubble as he scours the garden for any leftover remains of the Qassam rocket fired by militants in Gaza a few km away.

Within minutes, he has assembled an impressive collection of twisted fragments on the garden wall.