"It's heartbreaking..." After Hamas' deadly rocket strike, these Israeli journalists opened up about the profound fear and horror that has taken hold of them.
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00:00The first thing that I thought of when I saw some of these images was the Holocaust.
00:05Images that I wish I could erase from my brain. Images of bodies of Israelis butchered.
00:11We are asking you to keep sharing online what is going on here so that leaders
00:15can see what is happening and take action against Hamas.
00:30We are right now speaking to you from our local bomb shelter that we had to run to
00:53a few times in the past 24 hours. We woke up from the rocket sirens and had to run to the
01:00bomb shelter. As we were in the bomb shelter this day, several times a day, we heard explosions
01:06above our heads. These explosions are rockets that were meant to hit us, civilians, that were
01:14intercepted by the Iron Dome. But of course, not all rockets are intercepted. We have seen a few
01:19direct hits and there is an all-time unprecedented war that we are seeing right now developing.
01:28A lot of people are being called into the army reserve duty as 200 civilians were murdered and
01:36over a thousand are wounded. And that's in the moment that we are filming this video. So this
01:41number is already not updated. So I just want to ask you to keep Israel in your prayers.
01:49And it's just heartbreaking to see all these photos that we are seeing. Families are looking
01:55for their beloved ones that went missing because Hamas had also kidnapped a lot of Israeli civilians,
02:03including soldiers, to control over military bases. This is exactly what the world needs to
02:11see that when Hamas infiltrated Israel, they went first to Israeli homes. They went first to Israeli
02:19homes, got them out of their houses. People like me and you. And at the end of the day, we Israelis,
02:26we're just like you guys who are watching us. We don't want to be sitting here in a bomb shelter.
02:30I can speak for myself as an immigrant here in Israel, but I think I can speak for everyone in
02:34Israel that we've never seen such a situation like this with the hostages and just the graphic
02:40images that aren't even being able to be shared on the news because they're just so graphic.
02:45And the first thing that I thought of when I saw some of these images was the Holocaust.
02:52I saw images that I wish I could erase from my brain, images of bodies of Israelis butchered,
03:00piled up on each other, things that I thought I would never see today. And I spent a good part of
03:08the day just reflecting and just crying out in my hearts, but also just crying for all of the
03:16families who are searching for their loved ones or have found their loved ones deceased.
03:21It's despicable. And those responsible, the Hamas terrorists must be stopped. This is their true
03:28face and they've shown their truth and they've shown who they are to the world.
03:33It was just insane seeing videos of Israeli people our age and younger who were just
03:41running to hide in forests, running to hide in the bushes. And there are people who waited
03:49from 6 a.m to 6 p.m. No food, no water. It's just insane. But I also want to say that the Israeli
04:02resilience is strong. They're not going to break us. They're not going to break our spirit.
04:07But the reason we are speaking to you guys is because there is so much misinformation. There's
04:11so much lies spread out there and already presenting us as the aggressors. But at the
04:19end of the day, we Israelis are not seeking war. You think that we enjoy seeing conflict
04:26developing? You think that we enjoy sitting here in the bomb shelter? We would much rather
04:31plan the next movie we go to watch, the next dinner we have with friends, the day that we
04:36have tomorrow. But the thing is that we don't know what to expect. So I think we want to ask
04:44you guys to keep us in your prayers. Keep the people of Israel in your prayers. We are asking
04:49you to keep sharing online what is going on here so that leaders can see what is happening
04:53and take action against Hamas, the terrorist organization that is causing all of this chaos
04:59and war. Here again, sirens.