Prolog
In May 2023 we planned a trip to Morocco. I contacted several travel agencies in Morocco and finally decided to hire one of them, Moroccan Guides Travel, for the upcoming trip in October that year.
On October 7th, 2023 Israel was attacked by the
Hamas Terrorists Group, which killed 1,200 Israelis and kidnapped more than 250
people (including babies, children, elderly, soldiers and innocent citizens in
just few hours. They also made crimes against humanity when they raped girls,
young adults and women.
A war was declared by Israel. These events have changed our plans.
The entire Middle East was on edge. The entire world was on alert, fears of a global war was on the agenda of all countries in the region and on the entire global community.
I contacted Nur, the Travel Agency Manager, and
we decided to postpone the trip and take it a year later (October 2024).
Our daughter Emly and our granddaughter Noa live in Northern
Israel (in Kibbutz Genosar by one of the Kinneret shores (Sea of Galilee) .
We decided to include Israel to start our vacation and added
Madrid, Spain for a relaxing finale (after Morocco).
When we departured Los Angeles (on September 22nd, 2024), Israel & the Hizballah Terrorists Group were in a midst of a year-long war, but according to Emly the Jordan Valley region had been relatively quiet. However, after landing in Ben Gurion Airport, when we were approaching the kibbutz with our rental car, we received few phone calls from Emly and our family from Kfar Tabor, warning us to be careful, as rockets were launched towards the Kinneret region.
The following 4 pictures were taken in Ben Gurion Airport, Terminal 3. The entire walkway to the exits of the airport are "decorated" with pictures of the kidnapped Israelis in Gaza.
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