It’s 9:00 PM here in Israel and I’m about to go to sleep. I have made it through the day. As you know Gaza has a military operation against the State of Israel. This morning they launched missile attacks targeting a number of cities including Beit Shemesh, where I live. I heard the rockets explode and there were also sirens. It does not look like they did any harm, thank God. Hamas also launched guerilla attacks on Israeli communities close to Gaza. These were deadly and about 100 Israelis have been killed. Ramat Beit Shemesh is about 57 kilometers or 31 nautical miles from Gaza and therefore not a target.
Right now the Israel army is restoring control to the areas seized by the Palestinians. The concern was that this could spark a general war. It does not look like this is going to happen. The Arab citizens have no inclination to join the conflict and generally prefer to remain in the Jewish state. The Palestinian Authority (Judea & Samaria / West Bank, Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, and Syria have expressed support for Hamas but have declined to engage in hostilities. The other Arab states have generally called for restraint on both sides. As such I presently estimate that military activities on both sides will not last more that a week.
Continued missile attacks are a possibility. I do have a bomb shelter one flight of stairs up and the State has an early warning system. As such I am reasonably safe. There is no realistic possibility of a significant guerilla attack in my locale. As long as there is a concern, I’ll keep you posted.
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