Today was the hardest day of the war in Israel. At noon, arocket hit a gathering of reserve soldiers in a small village near the border. 12 were kkilled, 13 were wounded. This was the deadliest single strike.
In the evening, a rocket attack on the city of Haifa killed at least 3 people. Tens of wounded are currently taken care of in various hospitals. The rockets hit 7 different places. In one place the building collapsed and some people were trapped there. Some the rockets hit Arab neighburhoods in Haifa. Hizbullah stopped distinguishing between Jews and Arabs in Israel. The launching of the rockets was filmed by AP. They were launched from the city of Tyre in Lebanon, in the middle of a residential area.
All in all, about 200 rockets were launched today. The high number of rockets is the average in the last few days. In total, more than 300 rocket landing have been reported. Since Wednesday, there have been scores of civilian casualties every day. The northern border city of Kiryat Shmona is severely damaged, and many people call the government to evacuate it immediately.
Why am writng all this? Many times, the international media focuses on the casualties and destruction in Lebanon, and neglects what happens here. Sure, things are much worse in Lebanon. The total numbers there are much higher. But sometimes people around the world aren’t aware of the  serious damage inflicted on Israel as well.
I hope that this terrible war will finish soon. I will keep attending anti-war protests. Unfortunately, the keys for ending this conflict are in Iran, Syria, France and the USA.
Maybe maybe the upcoming UN resolution will be the beginning of the end.
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