Many thanks to MC for taking the time, trouble, and not unsubstantial risk, of getting this footage for us so that we may have some notion of what life is like in that Israeli border town.
UPDATE from MC:
Today started early with missile warnings starting in the early hours, the trains have stopped running south of Ashkelon so I had to run my daughter to Ashkelon station, the roads were empty, even more so than Sabbath.
Most of the traffic was military.
Later I went out on my bicycle to collect Video footage for Vlad, we were having alarms almost hourly through the day, finally I went to the Iron Dome site, I was nearly knocked off my bike as the alarm went off yet again; a panicking BMW driver.
I got to the ID site, and the alarm went off again, but no launch, the missiles are about $40,000 and they do not launch unless lives are threatened.
Later, I set out for Ashkelon Station to pick up the daughter but the main roads past Yad Mordechai and the Erez crossing were closed so I had to take the back roads.
I finally got to the station, but the train had been delayed because of the missiles.
As I drove out of Sderot I had seen about 12 to fifteen smoke trails rising up from Gaza city – obviously going to Ashkelon and Ashdod.
There have been fatalities and serious injuries, Hamas does not care about collateral damage, they tell the world that all Israelis are soldiers even the children and pensioners.….
Whilst waiting at the station there were two sirens (they have the traditional air raid wailing siren in Ashkelon.
There in front of me were the missiles, their rocket motors fireflies glowing in the dark, but I fumbled the camera on the ‘phone – sorry
Today is has been stressful, many people are terrified, my daughter reports people on the train terrified and weeping. It is difficult to put across just how bad it can be.
Personally, I tend to rationalize, I faced my first bomb in Singapore as a teenager when the Indonesians bombed the Hongkong and Shanghai bank in Orchard Road in 1966., and I have been bombed in Londonderry, Ryadh and London(11/7) – I tend to be fatalistic about it, If it has my name on it then so be it, I can’t run any more so I just brazen it out.
A Recap of the Past 24 Hours
Each of the soldiers in the bottom pic is the grandson of a man in the top pic.
https://twitter.com/Rabbi224/status/1124096295621353473/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1124096295621353473&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Felderofziyon.blogspot.com%2F2019%2F05%2F0505-links-at-least-three-israelis-dead.html
Is this just an increase in the usual harassing fire or the start of something bigger?
Massive increase.
Massive increases usually mean a massive expansion of the fighting. Iran has sucked a carrier group from the Med to the Gulf by threatening to attack US personal.
I don’ tlike the picture that is starting to form.
Bibi’s going to tamp it down.
If he can. For the time being.
I don’t like it, but there’s a lot I don’t like. And that’s the way it is.
Is this the big start to ramathon this year or were the attacks outside of that
Thank you MC for your brave reporting!
Yeah, ok.
But first I’d give him a spanking for risking his precious person. He’s part of the extended GoV/VTB/Tundra/+++ family. Not enough degrees of separation to view with detachment.
I know what you mean, he is providing us with valuable information and shouldn’t risk himself. Having said that he is an adult who knows the risks and the value of the information he is sending to the world. The risks he takes are his decision and we don’t need to second guess him. Instead we need to pray for his continued good health and safety.
When someone’s part of my brood, I go all mommy, all the time.
There are younger and healthier Israelis than MC – who aren’t part of our extended family of blogs. I’d be furious if he let anything happen to himself.
“But first I’d give him a spanking for risking his precious person.
Hey! I usually have to pay extra for that. Put me down for a round.
T = 00:00:17
“Today is has been stressful, many people are terrified, my daughter reports people on the train terrified and weeping.”
Constantly tormented people have been known lash out unexpectedly and with incredibly brutal violence when they reach their breaking point.
Once again, Israel will serve as a micro example of the world’s larger, macro, problem.
What happens WHEN THE ENTIRE WORLD SUDDENLY SNAPS over Islam’s incessant predations is anyone’s guess, I just hope I’m around to see the fireworks. They’re guaranteed to be a lot more entertaining than watching fusty old European cathedrals burn to the ground.