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AN ISRAELI FIRST GRADER ATTENDS THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL IN SEDEROT

Israeli Public Security Minister Avi Dichter talks to first grader, Egnat Egav, 6, on the first day of school in Sderot in southern Israel, September 2, 2007. Schools in Sderot have been hit by rockets from the nearby Gaza Strip. (UPI Photo/Debbie Hill)

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