Shoshanna Solomon

1 week ago | csmonitor.com | Scott Peterson |Shoshanna Solomon

After Israel launched its unprecedented air strike on Iran’s nuclear program June 13, dramatic video soon emerged of critical oil and gas infrastructure that was also targeted. In Tehran, flames engulfed an oil depot and a refinery that were struck by Israel. The vast South Pars gas field – the largest in the world – was also targeted. Iran’s oil and gas exports have slowed to a trickle.

1 week ago | csmonitor.com | Shoshanna Solomon

When an alarm warning of a missile attack from Iran sounded Friday, Haim Teichholtz, the CEO of a high-tech company, and his partner entered the safe room of their apartment on the 27th floor of a modern Tel Aviv high-rise. Soon after, there was a massive explosion. “The whole building shook, much more than during an earthquake,” Mr. Teichholtz says. “It was unlike anything we’ve ever experienced.

2 weeks ago | csmonitor.com | Shoshanna Solomon

Recently, when missiles have been fired from Yemen by the Iran-allied Houthis, Israelis have received cellphone warnings 10 minutes before the air-raid sirens sounded. This time things were different. Israelis awoke at 2:59 a.m. Friday to a high-pitched alarm, followed by a phone message from the Homefront Command to stay close their protective spaces. As TVs turned on, the dramatic news unfolded: Israel was attacking its archenemy, Iran.

2 months ago | timesofisrael.com | Sharon Wrobel |Luke Tress |Diana Bletter |Shoshanna Solomon

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2 months ago | csmonitor.com | Shoshanna Solomon

Kindergarten teacher Merav Weiss surveys spring-color clothing as she and her daughter walk around a newly opened mall on the outskirts of Tel Aviv. She says she hasn’t bought anything yet. “I am more careful about my spending” as everything has become “so expensive,” she says. Because of the war and the neglect of Israel’s distracted political leadership, things are “very difficult,” she explains.