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According to CBS, in 2001 the ethnic makeup of the city was 99.8% Jewish and other non-Arabs, without significant Arab population. In 2001 there were 132 immigrant settlers. See Population groups in Israel.
According to CBS, in 2001 there were 9,500 males and 9,700 females. The population of the city was spread out with 36.5% 19 years of age or younger, 16.2% between 20 and 29, 19.6% between 30 and 44, 14.3% from 45 to 59, 3.8% from 60 to 64, and 9.5% 65 years of age or older. The population growth rate in 2001 was 0.3%.
According to CBS, as of 2000, in the city there were 6,301 salaried workers and 367 are self-employed. The mean monthly wage in 2000 for a salaried worker in the city is ILS 3,845, a real change of 9.0% over the course of 2000. Salaried males have a mean monthly wage of ILS 4,911 (a real change of 11.3%) versus ILS 2,665 for females (a real change of 2.4%). The mean income for the self-employed is 5,378. There are 603 people who receive unemployment benefits and 3,183 people who receive an income guarantee.
According to CBS, there are 14 schools and 3,578 students in the city. They are spread out as 11 elementary schools and 2,099 elementary school students, and 6 high schools and 1,479 high school students. 56.5% of 12th grade students were entitled to a matriculation certificate in 2001.
Since Sederot lies near the Gaza Strip, it is a target for constant shelling by Palestinian militants, mainly from Hamas. Sederot is frequently shelled by mortars bombs and by Qassam rockets. More than 350 rockets fell over the southern town, causing only little damage to property most of the time. The shelling and rocket attacks are generally indiscriminate: not directed against soldiers, policemen or any other specific military or security forces targets. Indeed, it does not seem easy (or even possible) to aim Qassam rocket attacks.
However, on June 28, an advance Qassam rocket, called Nasser 3, hit a kindergartenIn the United States and Germany, kindergarten ( German for garden of children refers to the first level of a child's formal education. American kindergartens is usually administered in an elementary school as part of the K-12 educational system. Kinderga, killing a four year old child and a 49 year old man. The child's mother was critically wounded.
On September 29September 29 is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years). There are 93 days remaining. Events 61 BC Pompey the Great celebrates his third triumph, for victories over the pirates and the end of the Mithridatic Wars. 855 Pope Benedict III becomes Pop, 20042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co, the eve of the Jewish holiday of SukkotThe term Sukkot ( or sukkot booths) or Succoth refers to an 8-day Biblical pilgrimage festival, also known as the Feast of Booths the Feast of Tabernacles or Tabernacles . In Judaism it is one of the most important Jewish holidays. The term also refers to, two Israeli children, Dorit Insu (3 years old) and Yuval Ababeh (5 years old), were killed after a Qassam rocket attack from Palestinian militants on the town of Sderot. Hamas claimed the attack was launched in retaliation for the Israeli raid of the Jabaliya refugee camp, which left four Palestinians dead. (BBC) (Haaretz)
On September 30, the Israeli Defence Forces launched Operation Days of Penitence, which killed dozens of Palestinians including many civilians, in order to stop Palestinian militants from launching rockets over Sderot, and at other Israeli communities and Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli incursion failed to stop rocket attacks.
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