After the news of the rockets (over 500 at the point of writing this) from Gaza we sadly waited for the inevitable. At 11pm on tuesday night the sirens rang. the kids were asleep. From Jerusalem we have about 1.5mins to get to a shelter. Ben took orly and lauren took yael, we went up one flight and we were there.
a woman was screaming with hysteria (!) at not being able to locate her husband. thank God orly was asleep during this whole thing! No one had the key, but, in time, someone came (Ben later called the building manager to complain, and from now on its open all the time!). After 2 low rumbling booms and the 10mins wait, we returned back downstairs. 2 Iron Dome interceptions it seems.
Lauren had met someone she knew from the past "hiiii, this is our first war", is how she greeted her! Orly was asleep, but yael thought some sort of party was going on. Wide, wide awake. Shelters are made from re-enforced concrete, with heavy metal doors. safe. in truth, the rockets that are fired are rather weak. Homemade and often dont penetrate the exterior walls. Often they don't pack any explosives, but rather they are just 'impact' rockets. Notwithstanding this, we are taking all safety precautions, we are not disillusioned by the seriousness of the times.
we went back to our flat, put orly back to sleep, and waited for yael to be tired again!
some would describe their experience as shaken but not stirred.
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