Roman's personal experience

Hey readers,

Today we will share the story of Roman from Ashdod but first few things:

The name of the man who was murdered by Hamas yesterday is Dror Hanin 37, left behind wife and 3 children. He was a volunteer in Judea and Samaria firefighters deparment.  He died while handing out food packages to soldiers in the border.

photo from Ynet website.

Today as I am writing this post no rockets fired at Sderot, yet rest of Israel is still under fire.

Here is a picture taken by Sivan Basa in a kindergarden in Hod Hasharon 

Hamas fires indiscriminatley at civilians. They dont care who will be hit. 

Now here is the story of a friend from Ashdod, Roman Sohotinski (23)

Im Roman, 23 from Ashdod. I am a student of Social Science at Tel-Aviv University.

I work in public relations and marketing and active in the nightlife scene.

The first time I have experienced the reality of rockets was in december 2008, few months after graduating from high-school. The first time a rocket fell in Ashdod I wasn't really worried about it. But the next time rocket was fired at Ashdod only a short while later a Grad-Rocket exploded close to my house. I remember the big explosion, everything is shaking around me like its going to crash down.  As a young man of 18 who never been under fire or living in terror I was really afraid. More afraid for my family than myself. Its hard to describe this feeling of fear. Mostly I remember my heart racing and pounding hard in my chest, and thinking about the safety of my family.

Now in this escalation in 2014 the Iron Dome helps me  feel more safe, since its proved its ability to intercept most of the rockets. Other than that, It is still stressful and scary to be caught outside when rockets are being fired. 

As for being a student, I finished my finals in TAU. As for work, since I work at PR, Marketing mostly in the nightlife scene, and there is escalation and rockets being fired people don't go out and I find myself without work. Ashdod looks like a ghost-town, people are afraid to go out, and seeing my city this way is very depressing.

I would like to live in a different security situation, where Hamas is not a terrorist organization anymore, without means and intent to hurt us.

I want to tell you all that its not enough dealing with the existing terrorists. There must be an intervention in the education of children in Gaza that encourage them to choose terrorism and violence. The brainwash they are being put through is horrible! From an early age they are taught to hate Jews and fight against Israel.
Terror organizations lie to them as part of their propaganda against Israel. Stoping this brainwash of children can save everyone trouble in future.

Thank you, Roman! 

Help us share the truth! STOP TERROR! STOP HAMAS!

Dov Trachtman - The Man in Fort