The new stage of the eternal conflict between Iran and Israel is on the way to its second week, marked by the incessant attack of attacks and the official entrance of the United States into the competition after the explosion of three nuclear objects on Iranian land.
Recent events seem to indicate that De -escalation will not happenAt least in the inevitable way, the attacks that both declared emphasis on strategic and military bases have already reached several sensitive objects. The rocket of the Iranian ball entered the hospital of Soroka, the main medical center in South Israel, located in the city of beer Sheeva- Leaving 72 minor injuriesThe field according to the Ayatolas regime, this gesture answered Tel -Aviv the next day.
In the middle of the intersection of accusations and attacks between both governments, the civilian population is again a great victim. In recent days Sound alarms He returned like a regular element of routine. I talked the reason with two Spaniards living at different points of Israel to know, first, how they live in this New ascent to conflict.
“Today is a little more complicated”
The reasons that prompted them to leave Spain for one of the most intense foci at the geopolitical level are diverse: family, research, religion … Today, both built their lives more than 5,000 kilometers from the peninsula, where they lived, such as the attack on October 7, 2023, in which Hamas killed more than 1000 people and divorced more than 251 hosts. This event led to the emergence of new hostilities among the terrorist group, funded by Tehran, whose consequences were seen as many in the gas sector as in Israel itself. Esther Shekhter, The entrepreneur, who moved 12 years ago to Jerusalem, admits that although since he arrived, he became a witness to various offenses, he believes that the recent ascent with Iran is this The “most difficult” conflict that lived At this time.
As he explains, his everyday day has changed. He has three minors, nurseries and schools They temporarily canceled classesAnd households continue to try to adapt to a new situation: “I still work from home, making a little such a balance between my business, as well as care for my family than in These days are a little more complicated “recognize. The atmosphere on the streets is unclear: “They are practically abandoned (…) only important work are those that continue to demand the face,” the silkter will say in statements about the mind
Tel -Aviv was one of the most punished cities
Yael MasiasFrom Madrid, he lives in Tel -Aviv for about 14 years, one of the cities that were more beaten by Iranian attacks. The young woman agrees with Shechter, in which the air war “was something that We still have not lived“. According to uncertainty among the population, it adds to the feeling of” unity that together in this (…) we must go to anti -air shelters several times a day (…) missiles not a joke, We saw images of destructionThe ability to damage the infrastructure and kill people that there is also such solidarity among people who do not have a shelter or nowhere to stay. “
Machias recalls that in the Israeli capital he was awarded a week before the Operation Rising Lion for the obvious sense of normality. ” This has changed radically: “We spent a week I go and leaving the shelterListening to the explosions that sometimes make the entire building to tremble, and see the images of destruction in our own city (…) – this lottery (rocket) can fall here or can fall by 500 meters or in another city, ”he admits.
It is difficult to forget for the first time when they hear a sharp sound of anxiety: “We did not think that it is real,” says Madrid. But this has changed over the years: “We know what this means Wake up in the middle of the night and run into shelter “Even in this case, he admits that they are the moments of “fear, a lot of suffering and stress.”
One and a half minutes of shelter
This is not what you can use, although they have already begun to create the procedures “that you cannot be more than one and a half minutes from the shelter, that your house does not leave, if it is not important or if you go to go to the place where you know that there will be close shelter”. The procedure that Esther Shekhter must carry out with his three children: “When I listen to the siren, a very difficult feeling (…) if I’m in my house I tell you with the greatest calm of the world that we are going to the room We have a shelter, ”he explains.
Yael admits that lThe population is tired “and shows”, Despite this, the conversation is still focused on the fact that “we are still safe.” In this sense, Shekhter adds: “We do not know what will happen, we really hope that This conflict will end soon And go through the world. “
Despite everything, both Esther and Yael say they feel safe. “I think the country is doing Good worked to maintain security From their citizens to make sure that people know where they should be, ”says the first. And they do not plan to return to Spain, – this is our house where we want to be, where we are happy and where we decided to live and train our family, ”concludes Shekhter.