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For Israeli teens, the clash with Iran was the latest chapter in an anxious ‘new reality’

JL;DR SUMMARY Israeli teens are navigating a turbulent reality marked by ongoing conflicts with Iran, following the earlier Israeli-Hamas wars. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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IdfIranAnxietyTeensHopeConflictMissile AttacksBomb SheltersJta Teen Journalism Fellowship

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Herzliya, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"Mark Labaton was sheltering in his apartments safe room after receiving a safety alert when an Iranian ballistic missile slammed into a parking lot half a mile away from his home in Herzliya, Israel."
Netanya, Central District, Israel
"Matan, a 17-year-old whose family immigrated from Spain to Netanya two years ago, worried that the disruption of exams could have especially damaging effects on current high school seniors, whose exam results influence the units into which they are drafted in the Israel Defense Forces."
Haifa, Haifa District, Israel
"In the early morning of June 16, Matan learned that a ballistic missile had struck Haifa, where his brother lives."
Ramat Magshimim, Northern District, Israel
"Rachel Schwartz, a 17-year-old from Ramat Magshimim in the Golan Heights, has also worried about her family. Her uncle is serving in the reserves; his brother, Amishar Ben David, was killed in Gaza last year, and Schwartzs brother was just drafted into the IDF."
Tehran, Iran
"Ive been wondering how the kids in Tehran are managing, because if Im so scared with an Iron Dome, I wonder how theyre feeling at night, he said."

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