Posted on Facebook on March 22, 2026
“Pgiya Yeshira”, a direct hit, another phrase that carries within it the anxiety of an entire nation. In the context of our war, it means a missile made it through our multi-layered defense systems, was not intercepted, and struck a target inside Israel.
Where? If we didn’t hear it, where did it happen?
What? What was it? A heavy warhead? A cluster munition?
Who? Who was hit? How many are wounded? How many dead?
How? Were they in a safe room, in a shelter? How was it not intercepted?
How many more times will this happen?
These are just the immediate questions that come to mind after the initial shock, even before we begin to think about evacuation, the morning after, the evacuees, the rebuilding.
And then comes the long stretch of following the event;TV, radio, WhatsApp and Telegram groups, and the constant stream of alerts on our phones.
“Pgiya Yeshira”, another phrase added to a growing list. “Hutar le’pirsum”, cleared for publication. “Hatra’ah”-in the next few minutes, alerts are expected in your area; you need to find better shelter. “Az’akah”, siren.
Phrases, words in our generation’s lexicon, used to manage and describe a normalized abnormal reality.
