‘Fire in the Sky:’ Canadian Family in Israel Says It’s Business as Usual After Attack

An elderly Jewish man pulls his cart on a street during the dusk in Jerusalem, on April 14, 2024. The Associated Press/Leo Correa

The rumbles and tremors rattling Leah Appel’s Jerusalem apartment building jolted her from sleep around 1:45 on April 14 morning.

Unbeknownst to her at the time, Iran had just unleashed a barrage of drones and missiles at targets inside Israel in what observers around the world fear could mark a dramatic escalation of regional tensions already at a boiling point due to the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.