As of Thursday night, they're still trying.
After our fun day in Jerusalem after her night in a bomb shelter at Kibbutz Holit alongside Gaza, daughter Pria bussed her way back this evening.
Meanwhile, Palestinian terrorists in Gaza made, and then broke, their own self-declared “cease fire” with Israel and fired at least five Kassam rockets at the Jewish State, in addition to the some 70 fired over the last 24-hours.
When I alerted her via WhatsApp of the incoming rockets, my “smart” phone’s terribly politically correct autocorrect function dutifully emended “Kassams” to - wait for it… “lambs.”
No, no - srsly. I’m not kidding.
Oh, how you just fuc*n slay, autocorrect. How you just fuc*n slay.
So, let the media record note that, as of Thursday evening, at least five Palestinians were wounded by falling lambs that bleated their way short of their Jewish Israeli targets, Pria Reut Bender among them.
You just cannot make this sh*t up.
...and you wonder why we drink on Purim.
Captions and comments are welcome.
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Original post:
Spoke with daughter Pria this cold and rainy Wednesday evening. She's currently working post nat'l service at Holit, a small farming community alongside Gaza. She's huddled overnight in their bomb shelter with others as the steel rain (some 90 rockets slamming into southern Israel, so far). The shelter also happens to be their pub, which is a somewhat comforting thought for her, ironically speaking...
But seriously, Palestinian terrorists in the neighboring Gaza Strip are trying their best to kill her, and any other indiscriminate Israelis, that happen to be within rocket range this evening.
The Israeli Air Force and ground forces are striking close to 30 rocket launching areas in response as this goes to post, so, while there are, as yet, no accurate casualty reports among the Palestinians, no doubt, much fanfare and international reporting will note many dead and wounded buildings and big smoking holes in Gaza by dawn.
But seriously, Palestinian terrorists in the neighboring Gaza Strip are trying their best to kill her, and any other indiscriminate Israelis, that happen to be within rocket range this evening.
The Israeli Air Force and ground forces are striking close to 30 rocket launching areas in response as this goes to post, so, while there are, as yet, no accurate casualty reports among the Palestinians, no doubt, much fanfare and international reporting will note many dead and wounded buildings and big smoking holes in Gaza by dawn.
"The entire operation," according to Israel National News, "which was launched at 10 pm Wednesday Israel time, was quick - and deadly. The IDF announcement stating that the operation focused on the 29 targets also noted just 45 minutes after the fact that all IAF pilots had returned safely to base after completing their mission.
"IDF tanks fired at terror targets from the border earlier Wednesday, after Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon warned that the barrage would not go unnoticed. Of the three targets eliminated, two were in southern Gaza and one was in the North."
"'We will not ignore the barrage of rocket fire tonight,' Ya'alon stated. 'We will not allow Islamic Jihad or any other entity in the Gaza Strip to disrupt the lives of Israeli citizens.'"
Over two dozen Israelis have been killed, and thousands of others have been wounded over the past decade, both physically and psychologically by, what are, by any normative standard, international war crimes of intentionally targeting civilians.
So far, as of Wednesday evening, no Israelis have been physically harmed in the barrage. However, millions in southern Israel are truly under direct threat, as can be seen in the rocket range graphic, and this Israeli father is just wondering, along with so many others, what our government leaders plan to do about it.
Two Israeli school boys, residents of Kibbutz Nir Oz near the Gaza Strip, as they and a dog examine pockmarks on a kindergarten's reinforced security wall from a Kassam rocket attack in 2012 against their small farming community (Photo: Dave Bender, All Rights Reserved).
So I reiterate: Over two dozen Israelis have been killed, and thousands of others are wounded, both physically and psychologically by, what are, by any normative standard, international war crimes intentionally targeting civilians.
So far, as of Wednesday evening, no Israelis have been physically harmed in the barrage. However, millions in southern Israel are truly under direct threat, as can be seen in the rocket range graphic, and this Israeli father is just wondering, along with so many others, what our government leaders plan to do about it.
(All Photo: Dave Bender: All Rights Reserved)
Here's a feature article I wrote about the experience of living this way:
http://betbender.blogspot.co.il/2012/08/southern-israel-life-in-bomb-shelters.html
http://betbender.blogspot.co.il/2012/08/southern-israel-life-in-bomb-shelters.html
