Here we are not used to long wars. Everything in Israel is expected to be quick and efficient, including warfare. Thus it was with the Six-Day War in 1967, and though the Yom Kippur War in 1973 took longer, it didn’t involve the constant bombing of civilian homes, so somehow it felt shorter. Since October 2023, we have learned to live with a different reality.

I was born in London at a time when the city was subjected to nightly bombing raids by German planes. Those were the times of the Blitz. People suffered and were killed, buildings were destroyed, yet life went on and the war was eventually won. That was the spirit of Blitz-time London, and we try to emulate that idea here in Israel today.

As of now, March 2026, the entire population of the country is subjected to daily and nightly bombing. At least most of the country now gets a preliminary alarm, set off when the missiles are fired from Iran,........

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