Hey, Israel Story listeners, it's Mishii.

So as you know, during these incredibly difficult days, we're trying to bring you voices

we're hearing among and around us.

Not stories, just quick conversations, postcards really, that try to capture slivers of life

right now.

Yesterday, we heard from Sasha Ariyev, who was little sister Karina, a 19-year-old soldier,

who was kidnapped by Hamas.

And the truth is that most of the stories we hear these days are about those who had the

terrible, terrible misfortune, some by choice, others not, of being in the wrong place at

the wrong time, at the center of the horrific violence.

But today we want to shine a light on another segment of society that's been thrust into

a new reality, a reality in which there's no school and no kindergarten, but there are

frightened kids at home who are just trying to make sense of everything that's going

on.

Hey, Ariel.

Hi, Mishii.

Can you introduce yourself?

Sure.

My name is Ariel Marcos.

I'm a Jerusalemite, married to Noam.

I have four kids, a nine-year-old, a seven-year-old, a five-year-old, and a two-year-old.

Not in these times.

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