"Your eyes will see Jerusalem: A tent which will not be folded; its stakes will never be pulled up" (Isaiah 33:20).
“Mom, I can go back to preschool! There’s a lot of space in the bomb shelter in my school, and we’re big now, we won’t cry.”
I’m not sure. There are rumors that school might open in Be’er Sheva after this weekend, for the first time in over a month. It’ll be at a limited capacity—half days only, and maybe in capsules so that there aren’t too many kids being rushed to the bomb shelter at a time. We’re all craving some kind of normalcy, so I should be excited about it.
I got told to go back to Europe. I’m not from Europe. But the Twitter warrior didn’t care, and just ranted on about the Jews leaving “Palestine” alone, and going back to wherever they came from. So let’s talk about this. Where are the Jews from? Take my family for example. I’ll start at an…
Rocket and missile fire continues, including two barrages to the center, and one to Jerusalem and the area for the first time in almost two weeks. A huge barrage of rockets to Netivot resulted in two direct hits, one on an apartment, which it completely destroyed, and thank G-d was empty. In Ashkelon a factory was hit, causing a minor fire. No physical injuries were reported today.
The IDF is continuing to expand the ground operations in Gaza. Soldiers who are going in tonight on a special mission have asked that Jewish people and our friends worldwide pray for their success.
IDF released an audio recording of an IDF officer speaking to a Gazan man, during which he describes how Hamas is preventing people from evacuating from the northern part of the Gaza Strip by shooting at anyone who tries to drive south.