Monday, July 24, 2006

24-Jul-06: Monday afternoon update




Like many Israeli families, we hosted friends from one of the northern towns in our home this past Shabbat. The previous Shabbat, they had spent inside a bomb shelter close to their home, so even our apartment was a step up for them.

They phoned earlier this evening to say a missile has just crashed into the garden of their home. The shakiness was evident in the voice on the phone. Since we can't convey shakiness very well, here are some images kindly sent by Lenny Maschkowski who photographed this bombing scene in Haifa on Sunday.

Considering there have been more than 2,000 missile strikes on Israel since the start of this latest phase of this ongoing war, we can all safely assume scenes like the one depicted in this series of snaps are being played out constantly in various parts of northern and southern Israel.

As we keep asking: What's a proportionate response to that?

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