Shabbat Activity in the Park

During the day on Saturday, our whole group went to a park.  We split into three groups and a soldier told each group a story about one of their experiences in the military.  Yosef, or Yosi as we call him, shared an intense story with us.  The military had received intelligence about a dangerous man in the area who may have explosives.  A temporary checkpoint was set up on a road in the area, to monitor who passed through.  There were four soldiers working at it with Yosi in charge.  There was a line up of cars and people started to get out and rush the checkpoint.  Yosi saw a man in the crowd with an unidentifiable object in his hand.  He could shoot the man but risk either hitting someone in the crowd, detonating the explosive, or shooting an innocent man.  Or he could not shoot him and risk having the man throw the explosive at the soldiers or try to take one of them hostage.  The crowd of people was approaching quickly so Yosi told two of his men to run away while he and the other man hid.  The man fell into the trap and chased after the two soldiers who were running.  Yosi and his partner chased the man and tackled him.  The thing he was holding was in fact an explosive and he is now in jail.  

Our groups job was to act out the scenario for the rest of the people to see.  It was pretty crazy hearing about the kinds of situations these people my age have had to deal with.  

Pictures:

1st: Me dressed in Liah's, one of the female soldiers, fatigues (hoop earrings not standard), Yosi in the background

2nd: Our team

3rd: Those of us who actually did the acting