A Peek into a Mind

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 get into the shielded room. At least he’s not like the parents of my friend which still thinks the whole situation is “interesting” and every time there is a COLOR RED alarm, they go outside to see where the rocket hits…

I think the people of Ashkelon are still adjusting to the new situation. There is a lot of confusion and different people still behave differently. People who usually panic - are panicking. People who are usually indifferent - are still indifferent. A video from a restaurant near the marina, where a missile hit Saturday, showed how confused people are: The people there were inside the restaurant ran outside, people outside the restaurant ran inside and some of the people - both inside and outside, just froze.

I’m currently in Petach Tikva, where I work, but I’m seriously considering going back to Ashkelon to be with my parents at least for the coming week.

Update 17:40: 3 Grad Missiles landed inside Ashkelon. The missile not far from my mom’s workplace hit inside a house. A young girl was wounded from sharpnails and 2 others went into shock as well.

Side Note: In days like these people turn anywhere for a little bit more info on what’s going on. It’s the days when the local sites flourish.  Such is the case with Ashkelon News, a small local site (in Hebrew only) that immediately updated about COLOR RED alarms, where rockets  fell and who exactly are the people there. Since Ashkelon was up until a few years ago a small city, most of the long-time residents knows each other, so you even say the family names of people and where they work, and others will know who you’re talking about.