Yom Shabbat
Saturday
17 Tammuz 5782
July 16 2022
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At 12:50 am this morning, we were jolted out of our bed here in far south Ashdod by the sound of Iron Dome interceptors being fired a few hundred meters away. They were trying to shoot down missiles targeting this area:
The missiles targeted the Chof Ashkelon (Ashkelon Beach and Ashkelon city areas.
Click here for a 16 second video of the missile intercept over Ashkelon.
At 4:45 am, the Palestinian terrorists in Gaza struck again:
Significantly, these strikes were the deepest in Israel in over a year.
At least two missiles were launched; where they struck is still unknown at this hour. Residents in Sderot reported “terrifying explosions.”
According to the IDF spokesman (who can never be believed about missile attacks from Gaza), a total of 4 missiles were fired in both attacks; 3 hit open areas, and one was intercepted by the Iron Dome (the interceptors that were fired from near our house).
We will have more to say about these missile attacks in tomorrow’s blog.
A student from Malawi, who had worked with an Israeli health volunteer in his country battling AIDS, came up to us as we walked down the street in the UC-Davis Picnic Day Parade and wanted to carry the Israeli flag.