Tough Times

I'll refrain from providing any additional opinions on the recent flare up in Israel and Lebanon. I've been in daily e-mail contact with my uncle and one of my cousins who live just outside of Haifa. They stayed home the past few days since they thought that the risk was limited from a stray rocket reaching them. However, apparently one or more rockets fired by Hezbollah stuck very close to where they lived. Thankfully, the family is safe and has relocated farther south to wait out the current flare-up. I can't imagine how stressful/scary the past few days have been. I don't know how they can get any sleep when they are fearing rocket attacks all night long.

It's events like this that make me scared to ever visit Israel. However, I'd love to visit someday, so at some point I'll just suck it up and go regardless of the tension level in the area.