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2014 Gaza War, Ashdod - Yishai and Lior

Yishai and Lior, high school students off from school, thought that they would visit the south to talk to residents and help calm them down. But the moment they arrived at the Ashdod War Room, the dynamic energy spread to them and they never sat down. "When we arrived at the Center for Special Needs Elderly, we got out our tablas, drums and musical instruments, and never stopped singing and dancing," says Lior. "Even those who can't respond felt joy.” Yishai ran after a 6-year-old and a ball for hours, with the child pointing at every street corner and saying: ‘There's a bomb shelter nearby here, that's where you should take me if there's an alert.’ ‘A bit of air’, that's what they were asking for in the south, ‘a bit of air’ - was what Lior and Yishai were asking for after the activity…


2014 Gaza War, Ashdod - Yishai and Lior
2014 Gaza War, Ashdod - Yishai and Lior


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