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Sorry, I thought about the truck-suicide bombing at Erez Crossing, but that apparently happened a week or two before the cease fire started.
And yes, it's fear.
Edit: reports coming in from the past 10 minutes about fire exchange from the Strip. I'll listen to the newscast in 30 minutes, hope to know more.
And yes, it's fear.
But not only fear in general, but fear of looking weak. A feeling on both sides "we can't let anyone get the idea we are not tough guys".
You gotta hear this.
An Israeli field hospital for the Gazans is gonna start operate soon from the border, insha'allah.
My mom just called me to say she left her details to work there for a while.
Oh, not only that kind of fear, Typo Boy.
There's a huge stigma about looking like a sucker here, on both sides. Anything but that, God forbid.
Oh god Shir! so much ~ma for your mom (sister too). {{{Shir}}}
An Israeli field hospital for the Gazans is gonna start operate soon from the border, insha'allah.
That is good news. And may you and everyone you love be OK.
Oh, it's a good thing. Surprising, but good. Hell, it's wonderful. My mom always wanted to work with PHR, too.
Plus, it's on the Israeli side of the border, she only left her details, so nothing is certain yet. She also hopes for payment, because we can't afford to volunteer at the moment. I hope she'll do it, and I'm very proud of her.
On the newscast, they say there were fire exchanges. 5 rockets landed in Sderot few minutes ago. What cease-fire...?
The field hospital sounds like good news, and I hope that your mom can work out a way to work there, and everybody stay safe.
ION, there are drunk people being very loud outside my window. WTF? The windchill is 14. Keep your party inside!
Maybe they're suicidal drunk people, Hil.
And how are you?
I'm pretty good. Staying inside to keep away from the crowds, mostly. (I'm a few blocks from where all the inauguration stuff is happening, so the neighborhood is filled with both tourists and security people. A few blocks away this afternoon, a car hit a tree, and people heard a crash and saw smoke and started shouting "Get down!" and finding things to hide behind.) The big opening ceremony/concert is tomorrow, and I've been considering going to that, but it's cold and it'll be crowded. I think I'll check the webcam a bit before heading over to see if it's worth it to try to see anything.