After he has comforted Ayelet, and a rocket flies overhead, they take refuge in a concrete bus shelter with the other volunteers at the cemetery. You would think that such a situation would create a lot of uncertainty, but the opposite is also true, he saw. “In that bus shelter, people spontaneously started singing and clapping. A heart-warming situation, while danger lurks. In this way they try to be powerful together. In Israel the difference in religious beliefs is great, but in this war the Muslims and Jews in Israel are one big family. You just feel that.”
For the time being, it remains uncertain for the Emmen resident when he can return to the Netherlands. “That depends on when the Netherlands dares to send planes in this direction,” he says. “If the situation here escalates further, the chance that there will be no flights will only increase,” Lubbers fears. How will it all end? He doesn’t dare say it. “In any case, I don’t notice any fear from Israel. They will undoubtedly fight Hamas until terrorism disappears.”