To be alarmed on a balloon day, to wake up at night from the attacks: the tortured week of enveloping residents

Along with the anemone blossom, the alarms once again resurface the daily routine of frustrated Gaza residents. "The background noise has returned to being war noise," said a resident of Kibbutz Sufa. "Falling a baby on the way to the commander is supposed to shake the country, but the captains are busy spinning," said Kissufim resident

To be alarmed on a balloon day, to wake up at night from the attacks: the tortured week of enveloping residents

The residents of the Gaza envelope are fed up with the situation. Again, rockets, explosives, alarms and children in shelters are part of the western Negev's routine. Concurrent with the opening of the South Red Festival last weekend, this past week has been one of the most difficult in the area since the last round of fighting, with seven rockets and more than 40 explosives that landed in Israel. Now, residents of the Gaza Strip, right and left, are just asking for peace and letting them live.

"A turbulent week has literally passed on the State of Israel and the State of Israel in its entirety. While we celebrate and embrace the Centennial Plan and the sovereignty of Judea, there are those who prove to us that even in the northwestern Negev, sovereignty must be applied immediately," said Dvir Sassi, a resident of Sderot.

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"What else needs to happen here to stop this reality? The answer is terrible." Sassie and his friends during an alarm

Dvir Sassi documented himself and his friends during alarm (Photo: Dvir Sassi, official website)

"This week, my mother told me about a little boy who saw a balloon stranger attached to an explosive device exploding over him in an amusement park. He returned to her home upset for dinner and then had to run to the commander because of the 'red color'. After such tense hours, when he goes to bed, he wakes up from IDF attack bombs and the next day he gets up to normal routine. What else needs to happen here in our country (and I mean envelopes) for this reality to stop? The awful but well-known answer: only when God forbid, It would explode in a playground full of children, without an alarm and unable to defend - only then would it move anyone. "

"Enough of this disgusting policy of containment and laxity," he continued. "The residents of the envelope demand a blow on Hamas, a real blow that may bring us back a bit of national dignity, and allow us to continue to live a pastoral and normal life in the most beautiful country in the world."

To be alarmed on a balloon day, to wake up at night from the attacks: the tortured week of enveloping residents

The tension in the south - all the numbers. February 2, 2020 (Photo: Image processing)

Vela Digilov, a resident of Sderot who ran with her baby daughter to the hospital and her toddler was hurt, who returned to her home today that evening. "I'm on the stairs, realizing I'm going to fall forward with the girl, with the girl in my hands. It's all a matter of seconds. I turned with my back and fell, when the girl in my hands, she did not drop my hands and did not fall, I caught her. And we both got hit from the top in the head. "

She explained that at this point she realized that the baby was going to fall and get hurt at this time and turn her around. "Call it maternal instinct," Diglov said. "It's a matter of a second, that I turn and fall with my back, hit the head, and the girl with me," she added. "At that moment, I still do not realize that the girl got hit, because I got a really strong hit and I was really dizzy and vague, even though the girl was crying at that moment, and we get up and keep running for the commander."

She went on to describe the rest of the evening, saying that "I put her in the cart for a moment because I felt I couldn't hold her. Then it took me a few seconds and I realized the girl had been hit and was crying. I told my husband 'call an ambulance', which came in two minutes. Check it out, and decide it needs to be vacated. "

"Children should not be afraid of balloons"

Both Sderot residents and kibbutzim in the Eshkol Regional Councils, Sha'ar HaNegev and Ashkelon Beach are dealing with explosive balloons that have become the daily routine of the residents of the envelope. "After thinking that we have already seen everything and experienced everything, the security situation in the Gaza envelope in recent days presents us with new challenges - harder, more challenging, and much more unbearable," says Meirav Cohen, a resident of Kibbutz Kissufim. "A routine that involves ballooning on an hourly basis and shooting mortars and Qassams on a daily basis is a routine we cannot accept and will not raise our children. The many frightening explosions that shake our homes and our souls are not background noise that citizens should be exposed to."

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"Children anywhere in the world should not be afraid of balloons, and we, their parents, as well as security officials, should not repeatedly warn them of those life-threatening balloons. A routine in which a three-week-old baby is defined as severely injured after dropping her frightened mother's hands while inexperienced According to the commander, after shouting a red paint, she dispatched that should shake all the Siphos in the state, but instead the state captains are busy with their personal affairs and spins, "she accused.

"All this alongside the most beautiful period of the year in the South." The Calderon Family

Spending the weekend with the Calderon family (Photo: Sharon Calderon, official website)

It called for emergency hearings on the issue and to act to "allow the residents of the western Negev normal and personal security." At the same time, Cohen called on the public to come to the festival and "on the road" to help local businesses, "who have been dealing with a reality that makes their existence difficult for too long."

Sharon Calderon, a resident of Kibbutz Sufa, also expressed frustration at what she described as a deterioration of the security situation in the area. "The background noise has returned to being war noise, all of this alongside the most beautiful time of year in the South," she said. "The nights are sleepless. We are alert 24/7, trying to transmit calm to the children who are very stressed. Referral rates to resilience centers are rising at a dizzying pace. And again we feel we are not interested in anyone. There is no government to take responsibility for what is happening here."

"We are not supposed to warn them over and over again from balloons" (Photo: Police spokeswoman)

Balloon wreath in open area within the Eshkol Regional Council, January 16, 2020 (Photo: Police spokeswoman, official website)

Some residents of the region believe that a military operation in the Gaza Strip should be undertaken to restore peace. "The situation has become unbearable. I see no solution except for a major operation that will include ground entry to restore deterrence," claims Albert Gabay of Sderot. "I am aware of the dangers associated with this, but our children are neither the lawless nor the hostages of the terrorist organizations. Water has come to mind."

(Update first: 14:05)