The Iron Lions

I was a food truck supplier for the awful party in the south.My shift ended Saturday morning, 6AM. 6:15 I went to sleep, and 6:30 I am awakened by our chef Lotan: Wake up! They are shooting missiles at us!” I sprang out of bed and looked at the sunrise. The entire sky was full of rockets and explosions. Some of the crowd fled for their lives, others stayed put and looked with awe at the surreal display. The first minutes I thought this was just another provocation from the animals across the border, and it will soon stop and we will drive away. But rocket after rocket, the situation only escalates. I tell Doron: It's heating up here, let's go”. We start to pack everything under fire, and Doron tells me he is going to bring his car. Lotan and I continue to load things, suddenly I hear a machine gun shooting from within the forest. The party was pretty close to the border so I thought the noise was from there. Two minutes pass and an SUV of the production company speeds by, 2 security guys are in the car, and between them a girl that is bleeding from her head, screaming I got shot in the head! Help! There are terrorists and they killed all my friends”The Israeli red cross and the security people didn't know what to make of this. They asked her if she took drugs. This is all while bombs keep dropping all around. At that moment I realized something big is happening. I called Doron and told him to drive away. All I can see is Tevel, my son, in front of my eyes, and I plead Doron to get out, but he insists to pack everything into the foodtruck that he borrowed from a friend. Lotan and I are in the car, I get off track and go around a small traffic jam. Then we stop at a larger traffic jam on the road, with a police car blocking the road. Officers with guns out, not knowing what is happening.Then a girl arrives and screams to the officers that there are terrorists and they are murdering everyone in their cars.We all panic. The officers tell us to drive away. I turn the key, and the car doesn't start. We get out of the car and continue on foot. We start walking faster, and keep hearing gunshots and horrible screams from various directions. A car stops next to us and offers us a ride. We stand in the traffic jam that is moving slowly. I ask Doron to get out again, and he tells me the military is not letting anyone out of the party area because it's surrounded by terrorists, and the call is disconnected.Then I look at the cars uphill and notice they are turning back in panic. We hear gunshot really close, people screaming, and I tell him to drive, no matter where, just drive. He refuses, and I step out of the car and start to run. I ran with everyone and the gunfire gets closer. I'm after 3 days without sleep. I hear bullets go passed my head. Dust from the shots near my legs. Then a small Skoda vehicle drives by, I open its backdoor and jump in. After me three girls go in, so we are about 9 people in this small car. We drive and on the way see cars with bullet holes and dead bodies, sights I will never forget. We reached the highway safely. With every military barricade I'm not sure if there are soldiers or terrorists. Meanwhile Doron doesn't pick up. The driver drops me off at a gas station near Ashdod. I come home and give a huge hug to Tevel my son.