Life in Israel goes on - in the schools and the shelters

(JNS) - The siren went off at 8:17 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 28, in the northern Israeli city of Safed-a nationwide alert warning Israelis of the start of "Operation Roaring Lion/Epic Fury," the joint Israel-U.S. offensive against Iran's current regime. Julia Marzouk, 15, from Chicago, woke in a panic. She couldn't find her shoes. So she ran-barefoot, heart pounding-down to the shelter. "I felt completely confused," she said. "I asked questions in my head about what was going on. I had never experienced anything like this." It was her first time in Israel. It would not be her last siren. There ar...