2023-10-08 11:34:50
“People here are in shock. Until today, we thought it was completely impossible for armed Hamas militants to enter Israeli villages in such large numbers. And yet, this is what is happening today. » Jeremy, from Antwerp, has lived in Tel Aviv for many years. This weekend, he narrowly escaped the rocket fire that destroyed his homeland.
He was woken up on Saturday morning by the air raid alarm, as he tells the Nieuwsblad: “My wife and I took refuge in the bunker of our building with our two children – aged 2 and 4. It was not the first time. »
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“We then thought regarding one or two missiles being fired, but we didn’t realize at the time that something much bigger was happening. Until I noticed on my smartphone that air alarms were going off all over Israel, and kept going off. »
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“We didn’t think this was possible. How come no one noticed anything? This must have required weeks, if not months, of preparation.”
“We’ll have to wait and see, now that a state of war has been declared. Schools already remain closed. And many people have been asked to work from home for the next few days. »
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