00:00In Tel Aviv, missile warnings dictate the day's rhythm.
00:04Here, it's a race to the shelter for this French woman and the rest of the city's residents.
00:10I wasn't expecting it. We didn't have an alarm since 6am, so it's a bit stressful.
00:17Outside, sounds of explosions echo on empty streets.
00:20And in the sky, there are trails of missiles intercepted by air defense systems.
00:29Fifteen minutes later, the alert ends.
00:31Manon and David return to sit in the café.
00:35The two French tourists have been stuck in Israel since Saturday, the start of the offensive.
00:41I'd like to go home because, well, it's OK, but it's still a tense atmosphere.
00:45Waking up in the middle of the night to go into a bomb shelter, it's not so simple.
00:50And I'm not in my home.
00:52Rare are the moments of respite as sirens go off again.
00:57Israel is under fire from Iran, but also rockets fired by Hezbollah in Lebanon.
01:02And the day is defined by going to and from shelters.
01:07I know that usually I never dream. Yesterday, I dreamed that a missile hit me. So I think we're more
01:13affected than we let on.
01:16There have been almost 630 missile alerts between Tuesday and Wednesday, according to the Israeli army.
01:23Some are trying to leave by any means possible.
01:26But with the airspace closed, this French woman and her son will have to start by bus.
01:32We were supposed to come back on Sunday, but on Saturday morning, war broke out.
01:38So we came here on vacation, and now we're stuck, but we have to go back to France.
01:44They're heading to the Egyptian border to catch a flight to Rome, and then Paris. A two-day journey.
01:52It's quite strange to go to one place, to go to another place, to get back to France.
01:58But it's an adventure.
02:01They are leaving a country at war.
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