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One can only ponder what compels residents of Tel Aviv to travel south to the Gaza border area on Chol Hamoed to watch the clashes between IDF soldiers and Gazans along the border. However, this is exactly what many Tel Avivians did these past days, with some expressing disappointment as the ‘action’ was far less than they expected.

Riki Sweid tells KAN News, “I expected to hear gunfire and [see] more IDF, but everything is quiet and pleasant”, she explains on Monday, 17 Nissan, day four in what Hamas is calling “Seven Days of Rage” along the border.

It was a disappointment for Hamas on Monday, as only several dozens of rioters participated in events. While they burned tires creating black smoke in Gaza, in Sderot and on the Israeli side, the only visible smoke was that of barbeques.

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)