The air raid siren sounded just as I finished speaking to Michael Pollock whose apartment was damaged here this morning.
An Iranian missile hit the car park at 06:30 local time (04:30 BST) in front of these residential blocks in Beersheba. The windows are smashed, the balconies hanging off.
An excavator had just finishing filling in the crater. Seven people were injured here this morning.
Now we’re sheltering in the basement of the ruined blocks with the emergency teams and construction workers who were just starting the clear up.
Alerts are in place right across the country but Beersheba feels particularly vulnerable - the hospital here was hit yesterday, injuring more than 70 people.
Michael had just told me that he supported continued Israeli military action against Iran and he wanted the US to back it with more powerful weapons. “If we stop now we did it for nothing," he says.
"They will have nukes and then we’re done” he tells me, before his city came under attack for a third time in two days.
When I asked Michael if he feared continuing conflict would mean more attacks, more damage and injury, he says “I’m sure bad things will continue to happen until the people who try to destroy us are no more”.
