This from a cousin in Kibbutz Yizre'el (in the northern part of Israel, near Afula for those familiar with the country's geography). The [...] is a redaction to stay on-topic for this thread. The cousin and his wife have five kids.
Nitsan and I are well. We are glued to the tv.
Nimrod received his discharge from reserves two weeks ago. He sent a request to continue but it was refused.
I don't know what with my daughter's partners, I suspect that Hadas' Ari is already too old, Shaked's David is an only son so he has never been a combat soldier. We are waiting to hear what is with Iyliy's Tsur and Meitar's Omer. Iyliyl and Tsur are in Mitspe Rimon , south of Gaza and reasonably far. Meitar and Omer are in Ashkelon sitting without electricity.
One member of the kibbutz lost an aunt who was murdered at Kibbutz Reim; another has a sister and brother in law in Kfar Aza where by last reports there are still terrorists.
All the small towns in the south have Arab residents. On tv now an Arab resident of Ofakim told of the murder of his sister [...].
There is an official announcement of 40 dead and 800 wounded. These are probably reported cases. There are probably plenty of unreported as yet,
Ring when you get a chance,