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All the years when there were rockets from Gaza we didn't go to the shelter. Fifty kilometers from Gaza seemed pretty far away and we just stood in the hallway of the house and hoped for the best.
Then the Houthis came from Yemen with the ballistic missiles and that already justified running to the shelter. They especially liked the small hours of the night and we managed to survive that too.
Now it's also the Iranians and Hezbollah from Lebanon and every now and then the Houthis signal to the Iranians that they are also in the game and send one missile or an unmanned aerial vehicle with explosives. The missiles from Iran are missiles with a fragmentation warhead, which splits into thirty bombs that scatter and cause great destruction to houses and streets.
We are in the shelter several times a day and night when there is a warning of a missile launch from Iran. How good it is that we have systems that can detect the moment of a launch from Iran and warn us.
Yesterday, when leaving the shelter, the six-year-old boy who has been spending two years with us there asked me to continue watching the news. His parents are trying to spare him fear and do not watch the news. He trusts me and said that he wants to know what is happening. I promised him that I would continue watching the news and if there is anything he wants to know, he will know, with his parents' permission of course.
I am sorry that I do not comment on your blogs, I read everything but I cannot always comment.
And thank you to everyone who stopped by and asked about my well-being. You are wonderful people.
It’s a terrible situation.
ReplyDeleteIndeed it is so, but this too will end one day.
DeleteI was describing your situation yesterday to my visiting son, who sent his heartfelt support and hope for your safety.
ReplyDeleteGive my thanks to your dear son. It's very moving that there are people who understand what's going on here. And thank you for caring.
DeleteI see it's getting worse and worse and wonder how you are. Thank goodness you have shelter and company but I cannot imagine the waiting, hearing about destruction around you. Always hoping you and your family and your shelter companions are safe
ReplyDeleteThank you Linda for your concern and care. Between reading your comment and the answer I'm writing now, I've already been to the shelter once again. This is the situation here and this is what it is.
DeleteIn my opinion, the war is expanding and making everything worse for everyone. I am so sorry you are physically in the middle of this. Living through the hardship and danger is heartbreaking.
ReplyDeleteI am glad you have your passport and can escape if you choose to do so.
Thank you Susan for your concern. I don't think I could leave my family here and move to another country even in difficult situations.
ReplyDeleteHello, Yael,
ReplyDeleteI've been watching and waiting for a post from you. What a terrible mess everything is and so very dangerous.
Know that I think of you daily and hope that things get better, however possible.
Sending love. Xx
Christina, I thank you so much for your concern. After a very difficult night of alarms and rockets, we woke up to a morning of a two-week ceasefire. We'll wait and see.
DeleteThank you for your photo of the rose and your voice which matters to all of us who hold you and your loved ones in our hearts.
ReplyDeleteam, I don't have enough words to say how much your support and other good people help here. Thank you.
DeleteYou still manage to see the beautiful rose and to make a child love and trust you. How sad is it that so young children even have to think about what is going on around them!
ReplyDeleteI think of you every day and pray that you and your people are safe.
Hilde in Germany
Hilde, I thank you for your concern and support all the time. It helps a lot here. All this time I'm also trying to keep other angles in life, to see the beauty and engage in things that distract. It helps.
DeleteOne minute Trump is threatening to decimate Iran, the next he is offering a ceasefire. I wouldn't trust the Iranians for one minute; nor would I trust Trump. Very best wishes, Cro x
ReplyDeleteCro, As always, I thank you for standing by my side for so long. We woke up to a two-week ceasefire, after a night of many alarms and running to the shelter almost every hour. We'll see what the next few days bring.
DeleteMy son's house in St. Albans has an underground concrete " bunker" in the garden by the house, that was presumably built in the last war. The thought that my grandchildren would be running in there every day to be safe is terrible. So sad for you and the 6 year old who should be enjoying his young life, not worrying the whole time that a bomb might come. Sending kind thoughts to all in your shelter.
ReplyDeleteFrances, This shelter was built in the 1950s and I never thought I would use it the way it did this time. You never know. I thank you for your concern over the years.
ReplyDeleteI hope you will eventually be free of this nightmare. This ceasefire won't last, I believe, but eventually the war will be over.
ReplyDeleteI hope your wishes come true.
DeleteWhen the sirens start their warning wails, do people always take it seriously? If you have already gone down to the safe room twice in one day, it would be easy to say enough is enough. Especially at 3 am :(
ReplyDeleteMay all your family be safe.
A lot of people don't have a safe room and they don't have a way to protect themselves. They're just waiting to see what happens. Thank you for your concern.
DeleteThe news we get in the UK doesn't give anything like the detail that you have here nor capture the experience of your people, it just drones on about how oil prices are rising and tankers aren't being allowed through by Iran. We don't have shelters like yours here so I don't know how we would survive in similar situations. A 6 year old boy can't understand war, I guess he is looking for reassurance that his parents aren't providing, I hope you can give him positive news from time to time to keep his spirits up. Betty
ReplyDeleteI am constantly exposed to people relying on partial or incorrect information about what is happening here. This happens a lot here in Blogland unfortunately. A lot of people here don't have shelters or a safe room. Our shelter has several children aged six and younger, the youngest being a seven-month-old baby.
DeleteHello Yael, that is a beautifull rose, does it have a good perfume. I always associate roses with shelter because the petals are so closely overlapping and protective of its heart. also because our shelter was surrounded by rose bushes, so the perfume is very evocative.
ReplyDeleteI am glad you are safe and have the shelter near.
I do understand the need to keep fighting back, we would also.
People who have never experienced bombing and war dont understand. I think that children are protected, by not understanding the full horror, unless they experience it.
I find myself , at this time,thinking much of the Blue Star Kachina phrophecy of the Hopi Indians.
I send you love and wishes for your safety (and to every one else in danger,
Walk un beauty
Kathy in Wales
Kathy,Thank you for your understanding and concern. The rose has a wonderful smell.
DeleteI was glad to see your post and know that you are safe. I hope for your continued safety and for an end to this war.
ReplyDeleteEllen,Thank you for your concern. I'm sorry my answers are laconic, it's not really quiet here yet. And thank you again.
ReplyDeleteSuch a long time of running to bomb shelters. May it all end soon. And may you keep on finding hope and resilience together with everyone there. Like that rose, which shares its beauty as it was designed to do, despite everything. <3
ReplyDeleteThank you, Sarah.
DeleteI don't know how you keep going with all of the interruptions! It would be tempting to me to start ignoring them after a couple of false alarms. Our son in law has family in Iran. He marches in Melbourne every Sunday and cites ... Thankyou BB, thankyou Trump. People don't understand that they actually want the regime GONE. The biggest worry for Australians is the price of petrol! I think they are oblivious to what's going on in the world! Aren't we lucky to have a computer to entertain us! I hope this ends soon for your sake and you are keeping well. Kindest regards, Judy
ReplyDeleteI really hope for the sake of your relative's family that the situation in Iran will improve for the sake of the ordinary people there.
ReplyDeleteThankyou Yael
DeleteI'm very behind in commenting on blog posts, Yael, and I apologize. I just wanted to say that I think of you often and hope you and your loved ones are keeping safe. The whole situation in your part of the world is so hard, and I don't know how I'd manage to cope. You must be a strong woman!
ReplyDeleteHugs, my friend.
Thank you Jennifer.
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ReplyDeleteGood thing I had time to read before you deleted it. It was nice to meet you again and thank you.
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