By Tim Franks
BBC News, Sderot
In its fight against Palestinian militants, Israel does not just use firepower. It also relies very heavily on intelligence - often provided by Palestinian collaborators or informants.
The question is - what should happen to them once it becomes too dangerous to stay on home turf?
In the last few years, a growing number of collaborators from Gaza have ended up in the Israeli town of Sderot, the place that, more than any inside Israel, has come under missile fire from Palestinian militants in Gaza.
It is one reason, the collaborators say, that life is not easy.
Siad has the trappings of success. He owns a pristine white BMW.
His house has separate, well-furnished bedrooms for his two young children. In the living room, a pair of fake tigers growl beneath the large television set.
They are the fruits of a scrap metal and construction business Siad has built in the 10 years since he left Gaza. For nearly 20 years before that, Siad worked for the Israelis.
"I provided information to Israel between 1977 and 1996," Siad explained, over Coke and coffee, in his plush living room.
"That's why I came here, that's why I became naturalised. That's why they (the Israeli authorities) gave me an ID card."
Siad says he saved Israeli lives with the information he passed on to the security forces.
He says he only left Gaza, 10 years ago, when it became too dangerous for him to stay. But he had to leave most of his family behind.
Since then, one of his sons has been shot and another imprisoned, in revenge.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7424283.stm
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