As Shabbos was being welcomed in this evening in Israel, a sudden wave of tension gripped the cities of Jerusalem, Beit Shemesh, and surrounding areas as Red Alert sirens pierced the tranquility, sending residents scrambling for safety.
Multiple ear-shattering interceptions by the Iron Dome defense system resonated through the night sky.
There were initial reports of a rocket impact in Beit Shemesh, but no injuries reported from the deadly projectile barrage.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) tweeted: “After 70 days of nonstop rocket fire throughout the country, as Shabbat comes in, sirens are sounding in Jerusalem.” This statement underscores the persistent challenges faced by Israel as it grapples with ongoing rocket attacks.
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Hamas has no respect for Shabbos. Unbelievable.
Too shocking for words:- At the כותל heading into שבת קודש
Now we even have more, to be מתאבל over, next Friday עשרה ב”טבת and no-one should so much as even dare have the audacity to duck fasting this year עשרה ב”טבת with exception of soldiers in direct combat
Hashem himself promised to never ever let one stone from the Kotel hamaaravi to destroyed, and in history it’s been protected from destruction many times. So if there’s anywhere in the world that’s the safest, it’s the Kotel!! Don’t run away from it, RUN TO IT
I hope the videos you posted werent taken by Yidden on shabbos, not sure if its abosolute Ossur but am sure that no one wants to derive benefit from Maaseh Shabbos
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who posted this on shabbos? maybe someone keeps Rabbeinu Tam
@Gavriel Rubin. These are security cameras.
Sirens sounded all over the Jerusalem area even in Beit Shemesh … It’s not as if they targeted the Kosel. Anyway, Al Aqsa mosque would be exposed to danger, and we all know that Hamas wouldn’t want to wreck it ….
I find myself watching the scene and willing the incoming rockets: “The other side of the wall, achi, the other side of the wall!”
I am sure I’m not the only one who had already envisioned that the dreaded mosque could now be destroyed min hashamayim bekarov mamesh! the Gazan reshaim will probably take care of that themselves, as they blast those rockets sight unseen in that general direction. Go for it!
@arizona,
nor do you’re ‘brothers’ videoing it…
yes someone who is makayem the pasuk in the Hashems torah that I follow, ‘mechaleleha mos yumus’, is not a brother of mine (if and when he does teshuva that is something else, but building facts on a hopeful possibility is not a defining idea in the torah- sorry but i’m not woke or politically correct..)
@Gavriel Rubin,
not saying that you are, but there are many commenters here who would blast anyone who does keep certain shita’s in halacha (not that most poskim hold like that but still),
and i just love it how here, when it suits the ‘for the sake of the land every avera is mutar (ch”v/r”l), but at other times they will prove beyond doubt that it is wrong and those who do keep have no din-lekaf zechut….
@nafy7227,
I have never heard of a security camera during a drill live commenting on the ‘boom’ during an iron dome interception, nor have i ever heard of a smartphone being used as a security camera…..
I see women reacting pretty fast, while men are taking their time, but eventually going. I think it is either or: or you have absolute bitahon or you listen to the siren.