Sources also say that while Israel knew arresting Palestinian Islamic Jihad Bassam al-Saadi would raise tensions, they did not expect it to ignite such a serious escalation.

"In the Roman empire, there was an ample chunk of the population that struggled with their social status and for whom ‘daily bread,’ was anything but a given," says excavation direction Gabrial Zuchtriegel.

Over a million Israelis suddenly become "tens of thousands" and then "thousands."

More than seven inches of rain fall in a matter of hours, leading to flooding and mudslides; causing homes to shift off their foundations and roofs to cave in; and leaving water simply everywhere. Rabbi Shlomo Litvin reports that "the devastation is awful."

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