Israel Matzav

Where are you spending the night?

Once again Israeli civilians are forced to face the hard & unbearable reality of spending the night in a bomb shelter pic.twitter.com/WOvTZNrEsQ
— IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) August 19, 2014

Thankfully, we have a room in our apartment that is sealable but I'm not happy at having to get out of bed in the middle of the night to get there.

Labels: Hamas rockets, shelters

Forgotten people: Half a million Israelis in shelters and the world's reaction...

Let's go to the videotape.

There are half a million Israelis hiding in bomb shelters from a blizzard of rockets being shot by Hamas from Gaza. Pathetically, Prime Minister Netanyahu is being restrained from going after them by the Obama-Kerry junta, at the request of 'moderate' 'Palestinian' President ~~Mahmoud Abbas~~ Abu Mazen. And the world's reaction is best described by the video at the top of this post.

Some half a million Israelis spent much of their weekend running to bomb shelters, with school camps remaining closed in one city July 6 because of rocket fire from Gaza.

“The Ashdod municipality had said on Saturday night that no classes or other planned activities would be allowed to open, except inside bomb shelters.”
The Hamas terror organization, which controls Gaza, claimed it can hit any city in Israel, under its slogan “all cities are close to Gaza.” A picture depicting a heroic jihadist carrying a Grad rocket can be seen on the homepage of the Hamas information website and other Hamas-affiliated websites.

There was a steep increase in rockets shot at Israel over the past four days.

“110 rockets were fired into Israel, 80 of them exploded in urban areas in the Negev. Ten rockets were intercepted by the Iron Dome (defense system).”
Beersheba was targeted for the first time since 2012. Although rockets were fired at the city, they were intercepted by Iron Dome.

How much longer will the Israeli government put up with this?

Labels: Ashdod, Beersheva, Gaza, Gaza envelope, Hamas rockets, rockets, Sderot, shelters

Essential apps for when you're under fire

For those of you who have iPhones (no, I don't), here are some essential apps you may want to download for when you're under fire.

Let's go to the videotape.

Labels: Iron Dome, rockets, shelters

How long Israelis have to take cover

In case you've forgotten, here's how long Israelis have to take cover from rocket fire. For those who don't read Hebrew, it's color coded and all the double digit numbers are seconds, while the single digit numbers are minutes.

A great way to live, no? How long do you think San Diego would live like this?

Labels: Hamas, Hezbullah, rockets, shelters

If you live in Tel Aviv, your time just got a little shorter

Although I couldn't find it on my blog, I'm fairly sure I have posted this map, which is sitting on my desk as a postcard, once before.

The map tells you how long you have to reach shelter in the event of a rocket attack anywhere in Israel (yes, it's come to this). Those of you who read Hebrew will note that the band of Tel Aviv and its environs have two minutes to reach shelter. Not any more. MyBackYard just got a little closer.

The IDF Home Front Command has shortened the warning time for Tel Aviv area residents against incoming missiles from two minutes to 90 seconds, largely due to Hizbullah and Hamas’ improved missiles.

Aren't you glad we developed Iron Dome to protect the IDF bases? What could go wrong?

Labels: IDF Home Front Command, MyBackYard, shelters, Tel Aviv