Between Israel's wars there are cease-fires, but you have to be careful not to take them too seriously
1. During the first nights of the war I had a hard time falling back asleep after an air-raid siren. The next day I would wander around with bloodshot eyes, groggy. But after less than a week I got used to it and learned how to doze right off a minute after getting back into bed. Development of that skill marked the transition to a new – temporary and war-motivated – mode of existence. Again it turns out you can get used to anything. I made a note to myself that I had become like the Huns of yore: a people of tough warriors who got used to sleeping on horseback.