‘All I saw was fire’: rockets fracture the sense of safety in Tel Aviv

The city's reputation as a place to go to ignore the Israeli-Palestinian crisis changed when rockets landed

For children under the age of seven in Tel Aviv, this week was probably the first time their parents had to wake them in a panic, rush to a bomb shelter, and try to explain what was happening.

Tal Morry, a lawyer and mother, pretended to her five-year-old son that there was a firework show. However, the ruse did not last long. Other kids told him the truth," she sighed.