Last 7 October was a lazy Saturday morning for me.
I was taking full advantage of an office holiday to sleep late.
Sometime around 8.30 a.m., I received a beep from my "Red Alert" app, which was designed to alert Israelis about incoming rockets fired by either Hamas in Gaza or Hezbollah in Lebanon.
It is a life-saving system that alerts Israelis to get them into a shelter in sometimes less than a minute.
I had it installed last year when I was in Tel Aviv. As usual, I forgot to uninstall it when I returned home.
The peace of that morning was punctured by a barrage of beeps, nearly 5,000 in total. At first, I thought the app was malfunctioning. The sound it makes is not pleasant nor should it be. It's designed to get your attention.
I opened the X app and saw that thousands of rockets had been fired from Gaza and that Hamas terrorists had invaded Israeli territory. It soon became clear that the future of the Middle East would be forever altered.
"Never Again" was a phrase we heard with regularity after the Holocaust, when six million Jews were murdered by the Nazis. It was first used by prisoners liberated from the Buchenwald concentration camp and has since served as a reminder that we must be ever vigilant to the forces of hate, dehumanization, and divisiveness that can overwhelm us.
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SHEIKH ZAYED FEST SEES HUGE TURNOUT
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SHELF LIFE OF FRUITS VEGGIES
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JENNIFER LOPEZ SUPPORTS KAMALA
In a passionate show of support for Vice President Kamala Harris, Jennifer Lopez took the stage at a rally in Las Vegas, delivering a powerful rebuke of former President Donald Trump following a controversial remark made by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe.
GOOGLE EXPANDS SPLIT-SCREEN GEMINI FUNCTION
Google has announced the expansion of its Gemini Al assistant, enabling split-screen functionality on a wider range of devices, including various Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel tablets and foldable phones.
SQUID GAME 2 TRAILER OUT ON NETFLIX
Fans of Squid Game are in for a treat as Netflix has just released a new teaser trailer for Season 2 of the global hit series during the Lucca Comics & Games event.
ARMIE'S LATEST FILM IS 'FRONTIER CRUCIBLE'
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EU set to increase tariffs on Chinese electric cars
The European Commission has given the final green light to steep tariffs on electric vehicles (EVs) made in China, officially closing the probe that began one year ago, as per Euro News.
Maruti registers highest-ever monthly sales in festive-filled Oct
India reported its highest-ever monthly sales volume at 206,434 units.
DEMAND FOR TRACTORS SHOWS GOOD MOMENTUM
A report by Motilal Oswal highlighted that the demand for passenger and commercial vehicles moderated in October while the demand for two-wheelers and tractors showed positive momentum.
