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Source: https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/to-be-an-israeli
To Be an Israeli on October 7th
(Tablet) Sarai Shavit - Early Saturday morning the sound of an alarm siren pierces the air. My husband and I, used to previous war events, get up quickly, collect the children and run to the safe room. The children wake up in a panic. My 8-year-old son tells me, "Mom, this is my sixth war, you know?" As the explosions go on and on in the sky, he asks me, "Mom, am I going to die?" To be an Israeli means having your child, under a missile attack, ask you if he is going to die. When the alarm stops, I tuck my children back into their beds, knowing that what happened to the people living near Gaza could have happened to anyone in the country. Even to me.