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The Philadelphia Inquirer
The Philadelphia Inquirer
PHILADELPHIA – I spent Monday between rage and a sense of loss. I watched the Israeli government and security forces make one decision after another to escalate an already bloody situation. My family’s WhatsApp text thread pinged again and again: – They are talking about red alert alarms and sirens at nine. – I’m just worried about the girls, I don’t want them to have a scary memory of waking up in the middle of the night. – Where do you go if there is an alarm? My family in Tel Aviv was preparing for the possibility of Hamas firing rockets on the city, part of the latest escalation in the dec…