Eye on the Middle East Jul/Aug 2004

The family finished their evening meal and gathered in the living room to sing and enjoy a relaxing time exchanging pleasantries and stories. Later Esther put four of their young children to bed before she and her husband, Yaakov, retired for the night. Hani, fourteen, the eldest of the six children, remained awake. At about 1 A.M. she was alarmed to hear the sound of gunfire outside the house