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When a Dutch Immigrant Family Realized Their House Was Hit

(Times of Israel) The Reijnen family arrived in Israel from the Netherlands shortly after the 2014 Gaza war, and chose to live in a kibbutz adjacent to Gaza. On Saturday, Raymond and Mirjam and their three young children stayed close to home "because of all the sirens" and were safely ensconced in the bomb shelter of their home when it was struck by a rocket from Gaza. "Suddenly there was another 'Code Red' [siren], and we heard the rocket hit. It was very loud and closer than usual, and the electricity went out. We looked at one another and realized that the house was hit, actually hit," Mirjam told Channel 12. "We heard lots of things breaking around us." After they left the shelter, they surveyed the destruction in their home. "It was hard to breathe, dust was everywhere and a lot was broken. We left the house and haven't returned," she said. The homes of dozens of Israeli families suffered damage from rocket fire from Gaza. In Rehovot on Saturday morning, a group of children aged 10 and 11 were playing soccer when sirens blared a warning of an incoming rocket attack. The children were caught on camera lying down in the center of a soccer field.
2019-05-06 00:00:00
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