May 23, 2007
Meanwhile, in Israel ...
This is the reality of life in Israel, what the Israelis endure at the hands of their "Partners in Peace," as Palestinian Qassam missiles rain down on Sderot, a purely civilian -- and Jewish -- target.
How can I begin to describe the experience I went through yesterday? How can you capture the shaking ground, the unbearable noise of the impact, the tears, the screaming, the mothers in hysterics -- how can you, the reader, feel what I felt, see what I saw -- just by reading these words? I ask you, leave your homes, your offices, your classrooms -- and step into this world for a moment, into Sderot.
The first 'TSEVA ADOM' alarm went off as I was across the street from my office, borrowing a friend's computer on the fourth floor of an apartment building. Like usual, we stepped into the corridor -- the safest place in the house -- and waited. 15? 14? 13? I had gotten to twelve when I heard the screaming. A type of scream I couldn't recognize, half laughter, half terror, complete madness. 11? 10? it fell. Maybe a block away at most. Everyone in the apartment raced outside, and it wasn't until 30 seconds later -- when I woke from my daze - that I realized the screaming hadn't stopped. I was about to step outside to join the rest when, 'TSEVA ADOM'. Again. 15? 14? I had barely reached 13 when it crashed, shaking my entire body -- half a block away.
Make sure to scroll to the bottom of the page, where you can watch video taken in the moments before the missile hits; the cheerful sounds of Spring continue -- birds chirping -- until the blast silences them.
Posted by Mike Lief at May 23, 2007 11:34 PM
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