"When I need the most accurate analysis
about Israel, the first call I always make is to my longtime friend and
reporting partner there, Nahum Barnea, a veteran Yediot newspaper
columnist. When I called him on Saturday afternoon for his read on the
Hamas attack on Israel, I was stunned by his first response: 'This is
the worst day that I can remember in military terms in the history of
Israel, including the blunder of the Yom Kippur war, which was
terrible.' Nahum is a careful reporter
who has covered every major event in Israel for the past half century,
and when he explained his rationale, I realized it was an
understatement. ..."
NY Times: Opinion | Thomas L. Friedman
Maxim Barkalifa stood on the roof of his neighbor’s house and surveys the damage to another neighbor’s house that was struck by a rocket fired from Gaza in Ashkelon, Israel, on Saturday.
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