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My nights under missile attack in Tel Aviv
I can’t count how many messages I’ve sent to my loved ones saying, ‘There are rockets, I am in a bomb shelter and I am safe.’
May 17, 2021, 7:00 am
A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip is intercepted by the Iron Dome over Tel Aviv, on May 12, 2021. Photo by Matanya Tausig/Flash90
Red alert sirens, boom, boom, boom. I can hear the rockets being intercepted above my apartment building.
For the last few nights I have had the same routine. Go to bed, wake up to a siren, run to the bomb shelter, huddle together with my friends, hear the rockets, wait 10 minutes, text my family and friends that I am safe, go back to sleep, and repeat.
Meet 9 adorable dogs of Tel Aviv!
Come and meet nine of the cutest dogs living happily with their owners in the most dog-friendly neighborhood in the world – Tel Aviv’s Florentin.
Scene at a dog park in Tel Aviv, March 1, 2021. Photo by Miriam Alster/FLASH90
Tel Aviv is home to a neighborhood known as Florentin, well known for its street art and eclectic atmosphere.
But even more impressive is the fact that this neighborhood has the most dogs per capita in the world!
We spoke with various Florentin pet parents, and several of them voiced the opinion that having a dog during the pandemic has been a blessing and a perfect reason to get out of the house.