The guns and bombs have been silenced, but the consequences of the war continue. The Hotline for Rights in Times of Emergency, launched by SHATIL, the Association for Human Rights in Israel (ACRI) and the Israel Religious Action Center, continues to receive calls daily. Every morning from 10 am to 1 pm, Ala Abu Abed, 25, a biomedical engineering student, fields calls in Hebrew and Arabic from residents of the south with questions about their rights as related to the war.

"I mostly get questions about work; people want to know if they will get compensation for days missed," said Abu Abed. "One caller told me that because of his disability, he would not be able to get to a safe room in time, so he moved to a relative's home in the center for the country for the duration of the war. He works in a hospital in Ashkelon and wanted to know if he would be compensated for the days he missed. I sent his request to ACRI, which has experts who deal with this subject. Some of the calls are from parents of kindergarteners as well as their teachers who want to know who pays when the children cannot come to school because of the war."

Next to him, Vera Marinov, 25, a student of behavioral sciences, management and economics, takes calls from Russian immigrants who do not speak Hebrew. One man, also disabled, received treatment after being near an exploding Qassam rocket. The shock exacerbated a heart condition and he required heart surgery. He works as a guard at a private business and the business owner is refusing to pay for the man's sick days -- and is trying to get him to quit his job.

"The man spoke no Hebrew at all," says Vera. "He turned to us because he saw an ad for the Hotline in a Russian language newspaper. We told him that the law requires his boss to pay him and referred him to ACRI and the Worker's Hotline for help with that issue. I also referred him to Social Security to start the process of asking for compensation for the problems he suffered as a result of being near a Qassam. I'm helping him fill out the necessary forms and have referred him to an agency that will continue helping him do so.”

Vera said she feels gratified to be able to be answering these calls. "This Hotline is really helping people," she said. "Especially those who don’t speak Hebrew."