Beer Sheva Couple Thanks God They Are Alive After Gaza Rocket Hits Their Home
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(sirens ringing)
- [Chris] After enduringa night of sirens,
Keyla and Javier Montenegrospent Friday night sleeping
in the bomb shelter.
(speaking in foreign language)
- [Female Interpreter] About6 o'clock in the morning,
the siren went off again.
I heard it at a distance
because when you're in theshelter, it's not very loud.
I got up very quickly
and closed the door
and when I turned, I heard a boom.
It was the explosion.
(rockets booming)
- [Male Interpreter]When I left the shelter,
there was a smell of gun powder
and water was falling
because the rocket hadhit the water tank first
and that prevented a fire in the house.
- [Chris] The rocket hit their building,
then exploded before crashing
through the ceiling oftheir top floor apartment.
- [Male Interpreter]What impacted me the most
was that the Lord put peace in my heart.
The neighbors were witnesses.
They didn't know why we had so much peace.
- [Female Interpreter] Later, we realized
that we had several miracles.
A few centimeters more,
the rocket would havegotten into the house
and it would have destroyed everything.
Thank God the explosion was above
and not inside the house.
- Some four million Israelis,
nearly half of Israel's population
have been terrorized inside bomb shelters.
Most of the rockets havehit the coastal region
but many have come here to Be'er Sheva
and this one made a directhit on the Montenegro's home.
- [Male Interpreter] We'vebeen living in Israel
for 19 years.
This is our seventh war.
With each war, we see thatthe technology's greater
on the enemy's side
with a longer range and much more power.
- [Chris] The Jewish Agencyvisited the Montenegros
who are immigrants from Argentina
to show their support.
- This round has been a very rough one
and intensive one.
And I should say it never makes sense
and it never should be natural for anyone,
any civilian population togo through what we're going.
And so we're a strong people.
We will come out of it.
Hopefully stronger but we pray for quiet
and for peace for all.
- [Chris] Christians from around the world
also showed support to the Montenegros
who bear no ill willtowards the people of Gaza.
- [Male Interpreter] ThePalestinian people are not Hamas.
Unfortunately, they havea terrorist government
and they're the ones that arebringing on this conflict.
We all want peace.
Jews want peace but alsothe Palestinians want peace.
The only thing we can do is pray.
- [Chris] They are thankful to be alive.
- [Female Interpreter] Wehave experienced in our lives
the sovereignty of God.
Everything that happens is for a purpose
and to those who love God,
all things work together for good.
I feel we're safe in his hands.
- [Chris] God, in his mercy,
allowed his Word to be fulfilled.
10,000 may fall at your right hand
but it will not touch you.
We thank God we are healthy.
We're blessed by God.
We wanna take this message of peace
and hope to Israel andthe rest of the world.
- [Chris] Chris Mitchell, CBNNews, Be'er Sheva, Israel.