Israeli officials are calling on armed civilians to stand guard following Hamas attacks

Sat, 10/07/2023 - 13:40

Tour guide Ziv Cohen guarding his town (left); a car and building in his neighborhood that was hit by rockets Saturday (left). — Tour guide Ziv Cohen stands guard in his town, Mazkeret Batya, where some homes were hit by rockets.
Ziv Cohen

Israeli officials called on armed civilians to guard their towns following attacks by Hamas.
Hamas launched an attack from Gaza on Saturday. Israel has since declared a "state of war."
Ziv Cohen, a tour guide from Mazkeret Batya, is one of the civilians who volunteered to stand guard.

Ziv Cohen woke up at about 6:30 a.m. on Saturday to the rumble of someone moving furniture in the apartment above him.

"Then, suddenly, after it continued again and again, it came to my head that I'm on the top floor," Cohen told Insider. "There is no one above me to move a chair. It was an attack."