Akind of subdued excitement was felt on the morning after the first missile strike. The initial attack had been conventional and no one was hurt. What about next time? Was Saddam Hussein going to use nonconventional warheads? Israeli citizens were instructed to continue their regular schedules keeping their personal gas masks close by.
At the Neimans’ Savta made an unusual request. “Children please go to the grocery before school. We must stock up on basic things just in case.”
“Just in case?” Tzipi was puzzled.
“Just in case the army called up the reserve soldiers” Savta explained “including the delivery truck drivers. Who will bring more supplies when stores run out?”
