There is another exodus. However, forgotten byU.N.. Since October 7th the beauty of 200,000 Israelis They were forced to leave their homes, workplaces, kibbutzim and moshavs. The house or apartment. North and South. They had to leave their homes within a few hours, at most a few days. It’s one thing to deal with periodic alarms by relying on the reassuring shield (?) of the Iron Dome, the Israeli electronic system that normally enables missile interception and launch.
It is quite another to receive an order from your government to evacuate the elderly and children. You throw something in your suitcase and off you go. Wherever it happens, wherever it is possible. Under the crossfire of Hamas from the Gaza Strip, from Hezbollah from the Lebanese border: It is estimated that hundreds of thousands of families, elderly people, children, in short everyone who was not called up to arms, live (lived) near the “hot areas of the country” . were relocated to areas considered safer. According to the head of the National Emergency Agency Naea, Brigadier General Yoram Laredo, Eilat’s tourist facilities transformed from a poolside resort into a huge refugee camp in just a few hours. Looking at this stretch of the Red Sea sandwiched between Egypt and Jordan certainly does not make the nightmare of the attack, the massacres, the Kalashnikov and machete shots disappear. However, the massive military operations (a “buffer zone of over 5 kilometers was created around Gaza”) suggested that as many residents as possible should be secured.
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And two months ago there was little to talk about. Live first… Then we’ll see. From the northern border we experienced – flights resumed – a self-managed outflow towards Cyprus. An oasis of relaxation less than 40 minutes’ flight from Israel was unusually invaded by “up to 16,000 Israelis” this off-season, he told the Guardian Aria Zeev Raskin, the island’s chief rabbi. “More than 16,000 people landed in Cyprus to at least find peace after this terrible day.”
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With beyond 300,000 reservists mobilized There are those who wasted no time, put on their uniform, took their service weapon and sent their wives and children to the island. “There are single mothers, traumatized children, people who can no longer stand the noise of the rockets exploding every day. We offer them everything we can, be it a bed, food, temporary accommodation,” explains the island’s chief rabbi , Aria Zeev Raskin. And then there are those who have sought refuge with relatives and friends. To Haifa, towards Jerusalem, even abroad. Maybe go back and forth during the week to reassure relatives and friends. Older parents live in Rome, Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin. Also to catch your breath after a terrorist attack. What was announced was unexpected. Just the day before yesterday, Amos Harel, author of the progressive newspaper Haaretz, reconstructed and published the warning signals to the Aman (IFD), the Shin Bet (internal services) and the Mossad (specializing in operations abroad) that had been repeated for over a year. Apparently Campanelli underestimated this as “useless alarmism”.
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