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| Reading around |
I’ve spent the evening reading through other people’s blogs and news posts. I’ve also tried to find how are we, Israelies, are presented in the world mainstream media, as well as reading Ant-Israeli/Pro-Palestinian blogs. I have seen quite a bit of mis information and lots of lies. But still, it was quite an interesting read.
Since […]
| A rocket almost hit my mother’s office |
My mother is currently in a Taxi going to her workplace - one of the community centers in Ashkelon. A Grad missile hit next to it so even though she has a day off she went there to calm the workers (she’s the manager of the center) and see what’s going on.
My father refuses to […]
| The battle in Gaza |
Update 6:43: 2 Soldiers were killed in the operation in Gaza. 6 others were wounded. Picture by Hetzel Yosef of Ynet.
17:10: Just came back from watching the special news broadcast on Israel Channel 2 (The site has video broadcasts in Hebrew but doesn’t like Firefox very much). According to what the experts said on the […]
| Another COLOR RED |
This time the alarm was closer. It took the kids about 2 seconds to disappear from the street. My parents, Leonardo (our dog) and I went all to the shielded room and waited until we heard the fall (which was in a close neighborhood).
There are sirens now, police and ambulances driving around. The kids are […]
| Serious fighting in Gaza |
According to this news report, there fighting goes on intensely in Gaza today:
According to reports, 32 Palestinians were killed in heavy exchanges of fire which erupted in the area. Palestinians reported that 12 of the casualties were civilians, including seven children, three women and two unarmed men. More than 60 Palestinians were injured.
Most of […]
| 3 people, 2 of them kids, lightly wounded in Ashkelon |
Apparently, the COLOR RED I’ve experienced about half an hour ago was the second one in Ashkelon. Around 5am there was a COLOR RED alarm in a more distant part of the city (obviously I’m not going to give exact location…) and 3 rockets hit the city.
One of the rockets fell in an empty field, […]
| My first COLOR RED in Ashkelon |
There are many first times in life. When you reach a certain age they get fewer and fewer. 5 minutes ago all of us in Ashkelon had another brand new first time. The first time of COLOR RED alarm in Ashkelon.
My mother heard it first. I was still sleeping when she rushed into the room […]