Security Report for 19May2021
Things are quieting down with the Gaza border region; according to the IDF, there is a reduction of 80% of missiles being fired toward Israel in the last 12 hours. It is quieting down. Here is a snapshot of the activities reported over our region today…. 9:19 a.m., Arabs throw rocks at vehicles on the […]
Do You Hear the Missiles? This is War
Watch this moving account of our rescuers and their visit to Ashkelon and Sderot during this latest war with Gaza Our rescuers are just ordinary people….but in these times they are extraordinary. There are rockets being fired on Israel….there is little warning. Sometime people can make it into the shelter, sometimes not. It is not […]
Recent Violence on the Roads -18 May 2021
5:40 Arabs throw rocks on Road 446 Deir Kadis Junction Report of damage and a slightly injured child who reached the entrance to Nili 5:45 a.m. Arabs throw rocks on Route 60 north of old British police station 5:50 Arabs throw stones at northern entrance to Efrat 5:55 Arabs throw rocks on the Gush Etzion […]
Our Rescuers in the South
On the way to a scene last night in Ashkelon, more attacks. What choice do we have….we get down on the ground next to our vehicle – we are too far from any building or permanent structure. We breathe.We listen. We pray. We wait. We then crack a joke….laugh….relieved for a few moments, we get […]
Meron Hero – Saved Lives but Lost His Own
Every year in Israel, tens of thousands of worshippers flock to Mount Meron to celebrate Lag B’omer. Unfortunately this year, a massive stampede at the end of the celebration left 45 people dead and more than 150 injured. Israel Ankawa is among the victims. He was 24 years old, and the father of 2 boys […]