On how we got tear-gased

Sitting in our beautiful garden enjoying the singing and dvar torah at Seudat Shlishit today.

Suddenly there are several explosions coming from what seemed to be the Arab village near the new army encampment just beyond our yard.

Fireworks, we supposed as usual - the Arabs shoot off fireworks whenever there is a wedding in the village.

We noticed that the smoke seemed much more dense this time. Very unusual. We noticed and continued our singing.

Then I saw that the smoke was very thick and coming towards us as the wind was blowing on our direction.

It began to smell like something was burning.

Within 30 seconds, one of our guests who is a soldier realized it was not just any ordinary smoke.

"Everyone inside quicky! IT'S TEAR-GAS!"

We all ran as we began to feel our noses and eyes burn.

The effects were immediate and strong! We ran through the house closing all the windows.

Everyone tried to be calm, but the results were painful! Burning and tearing eyes and a horrible smell.

Thank G-d everyone is okay.

We are still not 100% sure what happened.

And we definitely do not live in Kansas!!