Exterior within the open, the darkish sky was streaked with mild trails from the east, amid the increase of blasts echoing over the Holy Metropolis.
In a shelter in Musrara district in west Jerusalem, residents referred to as mates and relations elsewhere in Israel to trade information of what was taking place.
One man who most well-liked to not be recognized by identify instructed AFP: “We are able to put issues into perspective, however the youngsters cannot.”
He gave out sweets to younger ones within the automobile park, “so they do not have dangerous reminiscences” of the scenario.
Youngsters had been crying, nevertheless, and households continued to reach amid the wave of alerts.
Some even expressed shock as that they had not heard of the menace, regardless of repeated warnings broadcast by the authorities for greater than an hour.