Beverly Jamil and Steve Malnick are part of a close-knit expat community that has set up home in Ashkelon, ten miles north of the Hamas-controlled Palestinian enclave.
Beverly Jamil and Steve Malnick are part of expat community in Ashkelon. Israel Palestine news LIVEBritish people living on the border with Gaza have described the constant threat of rocket attacks and fears of terrorist Hamas gunmen bursting into their homes, but they have explained why they are refusing to move to safer parts of Israel.
She told MailOnline: 'This war has affected everyone in Israel. We all know someone who has been killed, captured or is missing.Israeli firefighters extinguish fire at a site struck by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, in Ashkelon, southern Israel, Monday, Oct. 8, 2023. 'This is my home. This is where I met my husband, where I got married, where I brought up my daughters.'
Beverly Jamil and Steve Malnick at home with their dogs. Despite the horrific atrocities suffered close by and the clear danger they face, they are refusing to be moved to safer parts of Israel Destruction to Steve's apartment in Ashkelon. Beverley 'When the sirens go off we have 15 to 30 seconds to get to the shelter before the missiles get to Ashkelon.
'But my twin daughters both called me; 'You're not going out today,' they said. It's not just rockets, there are terrorists that have infiltrated Israel from Gaza,' they told me.'I know of ambulance workers who have been shot and injured. One was hit by gun-fire another was hit by shrapnel. Fortunately they both survived.'
'My nephew has cancelled his wedding that was supposed to take place next week. No one wants to sing and dance when we are at war.'We need to destroy Hamas, not normal Palestinian families.'
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