Wars and Rumors of Wars

By Dr. Noel Rabinowitz
June 23, 2024

Just like everyone else in southern and central Israel, Elinor and I were awakened by the sound of a wailing siren at 6:30 in the morning. We lay there in a state of complete denial for about 15 seconds – and then realized that we didn’t have that many seconds to waste. We jumped out of bed, threw some clothes on and ran to take shelter in our building stairwell. And there we stood, holding hands, as rockets exploded over our heads.

The sound of one explosion was incredibly loud. Our building shuddered. We turned on the television after the attack was over and discovered the rocket had smashed into a car and set an apartment building on fire, literally two minutes away from our front door.