It is now 2:30 a.m. and I am wide awake. As I sit down to blog, I can hear our jets roaring overhead. They are going to answer for the missiles that were fired this evening.
Our neighbours 9 kms. away fired 2 or 3 Grad missiles at us.
This is a Grad missile. It is filled with explosives, ball bearings, screws, nails and anything else that can fly. Its job is to explode and maim, kill and cause as much damage as possible.
At around 9:30p.m. the incoming warning siren wailed in our Yishuv, and the 2 moshavim that surround us. We have 15 seconds to seek safety. In those 15 seconds, parents have to wake up their sleeping children and take them from their warm beds to safety. Our dog is barking like crazy. The siren scares her. My husband has to put on her leash and get her to safety.
In our yishuv, most homes have a mamad, a reinforced security room. The yishuv and moshav also have public mamads.
Our house doesn’t have a mamad or protective windows, but it is safe as it was built with reinforced cement. Because we do not have protective windows, we have to stay out of any room with windows. We usually go to our shower room and wait until we hear the boom.
Tonight we heard 2 booms that seem to be far way. As we left the shower room, we heard a loud explosion. The house shook and the lights flickered. At first we thought it was the Iron Dome. It wasn’t. The missile exploded on a Moshav next to us.
The media reported no injuries or damage. This statement is not quite true. Although there weren’t any physical injuries,[except for a woman who fell running to a public shelter] there are always emotional injuries...Shock, children terrified and crying afraid to go back to sleep. Some of the elderly who live on the moshavim are in wheelchairs and can’t get to safety quickly....this fact scares them.
The residents of the South are always on alert and know that as long as Hamas, Jihad and Fatah are our neighbours, the siren can wail at any time and a rocket will be fired.
Our jets are now returning. I heard several booms.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/176931
Time to stop talking, clean up Aza and don’t stop until the job is finished! Our IDF knows what to do. Our chayalim are well trained. They need the government to give the order.
Rosh Chodesh Sameach
Shabbat Shalom
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Miriam
Every word rings true...time to clean up Gaza. Sadly it's not simple, especially with gov't officials terrified of their shadows and 'what will the world say' mentalities.' May Hashem continue to watch over us! And may we remain firm in our emunah despite the difficulties because it truly is a challenge to do so under fire!
ReplyDeleteThank G-d you and our people were once again saved by Him! Our government has no plan for victory, only containment. I doubt they even know the meaning of victory any more. We pray that G-d will give them the wisdom to go in and finish them off!
ReplyDeleteHeard about it last night, and imagined all those wakings, barkings, adrenalin, running that you describe - when will the leadership wake up????????????/
ReplyDeletestay safe, chodesh tov and shabbat shalom
bracha
A horrific story beautifully told.
ReplyDeleteY.M.
Good and truthful blog, Miriam.
ReplyDeleteChaya
Miriam, excellent post, too bad you had to write it. If only we were governed by strong principled Jews who obey G-d.
ReplyDeleteMiriam
ReplyDeleteI love reading your blogs and it sounds like another day in the life of Israel. You must be very used to it by now, although it is probably scary for the children who might have difficulty fully understanding the situation.
Stay safe
Phyllis
As appropriately put by one of the comments, your story was of a horrific
ReplyDeletenature, but, as usual, beautifully written. I remember that old song, “when
will they ever learn, when will they ever learn.”
Shabbat Shalom.
Judi