An Israeli flag flutters atop the home of Uri Kimhi, 88, after it was hit by a rocket launched from the Gaza Strip through the current Israeli-Palestinian combating, in Ashkelon, Israel. (Reuters)
Uri Kimhi is a retired farmer, a veteran of three Israeli-Arab wars and a long-time resident of Ashkelon, which, at 43 km from Gaza, has usually come below rocket fireplace.
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After the hostilities with Gaza broke out, 88-year-old Uri Kimhi gave up on watching tv from his favorite sofa, as an alternative conserving inside hobbling distance of the bomb shelter in his house.
That saved the Israeli widower when a Palestinian rocket struck on May 12, lowering his lounge to rubble. A neighbour who rushed in, yelling “You okay, Uri?” and fearing the worst, discovered Kimhi smiling amid the mud and particles.
“There was pressure on the (bomb shelter) door, and flames managed to get through,” Kimhi later advised Reuters TV. “I wasn’t nervous because I’ve heard a lot of explosions in my life.”
Bowed by age and strolling with a cane, Kimhi is a retired farmer, a veteran of three Israeli-Arab wars and a long-time resident of Ashkelon, which, at 43 km (26 miles) from Gaza, has usually come below rocket fireplace from Palestinian militants.
Though unimpressed with Friday’s Egyptian-mediated halt to the worst Israeli-Palestinian combating in years, he was upbeat concerning the future for himself and his household.
“I don’t believe in the ceasefire, but I will go back,” Kimhi stated. “The house that was destroyed by the rocket will be rebuilt and we will continue living in this house until we reach the age of 120.”
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