2am explosions

After a nice calm Saturday (the last day of the weekend), my housemates and I sat around the dinner table indulging in some delicious lamb in mango sauce. One of my housemates who's been living there for a few months was telling us how every once in a while a series of events happen in the middle of the night: First, when the Israeli army comes into the city all the dogs start barking (and that is the first alarm), and then if they are close by enough, we will hear explosions or gunfire because the Israeli Army cannot leave without some kind of commotion.

Coincidentally, that night, the dogs did all start barking non-stop since 12am. I didn't think much of it at first but they did not stop for two straight hours. I thought of what my housemate said. 1.50am was the first sound of a bomb which shook me to the bone! I was falling asleep in my bed, and that sound woke me up wide awake! after the sound of the 3rd explosion, i decided to keep track of how many bombs go off tonight. Every bomb was so loud and some of them were so close that the walls of my room shook. I couldn't tell how far they were and I was too frightened to look out of my window. Plus, I didn't hear any of my housemates getting up or moving around so I assumed it was not a big deal. After about 10 explosions, a series of continuous gunshots started. The explosions happened in inconsistent intervals so every one took my by surprise, but the gunshots were steady and continuous, one after the other. I started to hear the sound of police cars and ambulances by 3am faintly in the background.

After the last, 26th bomb, all went silent. The dogs stopped barking, and the city was nice and calm again.