15th June 2025
It’s now 02:30 and the warning message came on to our phones,
waking us out of a deep sleep. This is the first message accompanied by a
strange ticking sound. This message gives us time to wake, go to the loo, get a
blanket, whatever you need, or if you are in a building, to get downstairs or
in some places, to get to the communal shelter.
02:39 and the second warning to go to the safe area
02:42 the sirens are heard on our phones, loud and clear and
outside in the area that is on the trajectory, the siren that wails into the
night telling us that the missile is in our area.
02:44 and from the safety of our mamad, safe room, or shelter I can
hear muffled booms as Iron Dome does its job
02:52 and they announced that the Houthis are at it too
5 or 6 missiles or shrapnel have fallen in the centre of the
country
03:01 and Eli Bean CEO of MDA is reporting on damage to a building
and some injured. 2 major centres of damage.
03:03 we see pictures of an apartment block with an entire corner
blown off it. We do not know where, it is never reported so that we don’t tell
the enemy
03:07 Report of 12 hurt in Bat Yam, 10 in Tel Aviv and 4 in Bilu
Junction. First responders go from floor to floor, room to room to check for
injured residents.
03:13 Report of several hits, in Gush Dan, near us in Jerusalem
03:16 The latest attack is over and we can climb back into bed but
to keep one ear open for further sirens
We are among the lucky ones, our safe room is well furnished, we
each have a computer on which we can watch the live broadcast from the shelter
of the television station with cameras searching the skies to see where the
missile falls. The sky is like a firework display. I’m very happy to be in our
safe place. Zvi even brought a footstool so that I can put my feet up.
On the screen the names of all the towns and villages that are in
danger roll on the screen. Incredibly even our little “Yishuv” or village is up
there. The incredible volunteers and paramedics of MDA, Zaka and Hatzolah are
out there as are the police and soldiers, checking on injuries and reporting
damage to buildings. Sadly, we have this down pat, it’s hardly our first rodeo.
I am again amazed by the efficiency, and bravery, of the teams. The TV journalists
are reporting from their shelters so they send to sound as if they are down a
well, which they are in a sense.
I feel guilty as I sit in comfort, a guilty can of Coke and
Whatsapping the family to check on their safety and sanity. I know that some of
them are squashed into a tiny space, others are sitting on the stairwell and
others have slept at the home of their family with a shelter. We just heard
that in an earlier missile 5 people died in the Arab village of Tamra, in the
lower Galilee. Ghastly.
I’m off to sleep now, we can talk tomorrow. I hope that this
missive gave you some insight into one night in Israel. I believe that the
subterfuge surrounding our attack on Iran is truly phenomenal. While the world
was concentrating on our undoubted political chaos, the “Royal wedding” of
Avner Netanyahu and under cover of the trial of Benjamin Netanyahu, we were
planning the most brilliant attack on military personnel and nuclear facilities
of the cruel Ayatollahs
Morning of the 15th and we are licking our wounds. Over 250
ballistic missiles were fired at Israel in six massive barrages,
with approximately 25 impact sites identified across civilian and
residential areas, Bat Yam and Tamra were worst hit and the damage is
overwhelming. Tragically, we are mourning 10 fatalities, including 2
children and more than 220 people have been injured including 2 in
critical condition.
We are paying the price for the entire world. The Iranian threat to
you and yours is very real, be it through military attacks or through changing
the entire moral characteristics of your country. The other MENA region
countries recognise it, but apparently the West is too namby pamby to do
anything about it.
Have a good day and be aware, please remember, we are the canary in
the mineshaft. The CNN, BBC etc reports actually say “Israeli assault on Iran”
Are they insane? Have they been asleep for the last 617 days? Have they no
moral compass?
Again, the flowers are still blooming, the sky is still blue, the
sun is shining, but a cloud hangs over the world
With love
Sheila
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