The soldier’s sharp eyes revolve between an elderly couple sitting next to him at a small outdoor table and every new customer who walks away. A specimen of an experienced soldier staring a thousand yards. He speaks in a soft, measured tone with a coarse American accent.
In front of it, in the city’s main square, the locals enthusiastically open the meat, gently placing it on rows of industrial-sized barbecues.
Israeli reservists laugh and joke when they mingle with families. They have been in the Gaza Strip for five days now and have been allowed to return to southern Israel for a break. The locals have invited them to welcome you.
The sluts of young children dancing on the Hebrew version of Algerian singer Khalid C’est la Vie appear in the evening air amid thick clouds of smoke.
Israeli troops on 24 breaks
Israeli troops on 24 breaks from Gaza [Al Jazeera]
Many orange flashes fill the night sky in the distance, and a few seconds later, the residential towers ring with a thunderbolt echoing in the city maze.
A stocked waiter goes out of the pizzeria. “Gaza ” He asks the small crowd when he looks up at the sky.
The besieged enclave is about a dozen kilometers (seven miles) away. No one bothers to answer.
I was in Sedrot a few hours ago, a city about a kilometer (0.6 miles) from Gaza، And he witnessed the bombing of the area by Israeli forces.
