There are no victims among Israeli-Armenians. The situation remains tense

12.05.2021

The first rocket landed in the skies of Israel on May 10. The rockets fired from Palestine were fired at Jerusalem,Tel-Aviv and the coastal cities. According to Christina Movsesyan, co-founder of the Union of Armenian Communities in Israel, they are in constant contact with Armenian community.

“There has been chaos in Israel for several days now, there are endless bombings from Gaza, especially in the southern part of Israel, in the cities of Sderot, Netivot, Ashkelon and Ashdod. But yesterday, at 6 o'clock, they are already firing in the direction of the center: Tel Aviv, Batt Yam, Rishon… There is no end, it is very terrible, it started since Ramadan, the Muslim holiday, as you hear in the news, it is chaos,” says Christina Movsesyan.

Now Armenians are trying to move to a safer place. Almost all the buildings in Israel have shelters; the residents hide there during the rocket attacks. Christina Movsesyan was in the shelter for almost 6 hours.

“There are many Armenians in the south, with whom we are in touch on online platforms. At first we said come to the center, but now it is not safe in the center either, because we have to go in the direction of Haifa, because they shoot everywhere. We are in touch with the Armenians, when they start bombing, we are able to take refuge in the hiding places of buildings and apartments. It will be very scary for the children, they ask questions, but we Armenians try to help each other in every way. There are no wounded among the Armenians yet,” said Christina Movsesyan.

The situation in the streets of Israel is not calm. Clashes broke out between the Palestinians and Israeli police over political and religious issues. They started near the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, which is a sanctuary for both Muslim and Israelis. The reason for the clash is a possible decision of an Israeli court to expel Palestinian families from the Sheikh-Jarrah district of East Jerusalem. Clashes between Israelis and Palestinians have now turned into armed operations.

“Now I am at my place of work, I live in Bat Yam, my place of work is in chaos. We help single parents and orphans. We have many calls for help, what is happening is difficult to explain to the children, it is difficult to say that they are not afraid of the bombing. There are people who do not come out of their hiding places, they also need help, we will provide humanitarian aid to everyone,” Christina Movsesyan emphasized.

Six people were killed in rocket attacks in Israel. 20 were injured.

There are more than 290 wounded in Palestine, more than 4 dozen people have been killed.