Ashkelon, Israel CNN —It was supposed to be a safe haven – a new life for those seeking refuge from the turbulence of war.
“I started crying when I began to understand that I’m not going back,” he told CNN at Kfar Silver.
These four teenagers all moved from wartorn Ukraine to Kfar Silver near Ashkelon in Israel.
Courtesy Monique ZahaviGofer told CNN that “thousands of rockets” flew over the village, while fires broke out everywhere around them.
“When the war started here there was relative silence in Ukraine and my family felt more safe,” he said.
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