Screams and cries of despair: the images of panic during a Hamas bombing against the Israeli city of Ashkelon

The images speak for themselves. The screams and cries of despair took over the streets of the city of Ashkelon, in Israel, this Tuesday, when Hamas unloaded its bombs on the city, just 10 kilometers from the Gaza Strip.. They had warned, but some citizens were surprised by the attack.

In the video you can see how a young woman screams and cries inconsolably.. Next to him, a couple keeps calm as best they can, crouching, while they watch the destruction before their eyes.. “We are bewildered, this is not a war,” she says in perfect Spanish.

The Islamist group's attacks against Israel have not stopped since last Saturday's attack on a peace festival in the Reim kibbutz, in the middle of the Negev desert, where 260 people died and hundreds are missing.

The offensive, launched at 5:00 p.m. (local time) caused the activation of warning sirens not only in Ashkelon, but also in other nearby towns, according to information collected by the newspaper The Times of Israel. This medium assures that some of the missiles could have hit the tourist complex of the Hotel Regina, near the port of Ashkelon.

The Israeli Army also confirmed the activation of anti-aircraft alerts in different areas, including the city of Tel Aviv.. Hamas, for its part, reported on its Telegram account that among the latest targets attacked by its armed wing was the Ben Gurion International Airport, on the outskirts of Tel Aviv.