Cycling in Yad Le Banim Park - k activity - My Actifit Report Card: May 13 2023

Hello and welcome to yesterday's #actifit activity report¹

For the last couple of days I couldn't go out for my usual cycling and jogging sessions. The terrorist organization - Islamic Jihad fired 1469 missiles and mortar shells into Israeli civilian population. Thanks to the foresight of our government the dense population centers in Israel are protected by anti missiles system - Iron Dome.

There were couple of sirens and missile interceptions in my city. My city of Holon is located 65km from the missiles launch sites of Gaza. This means that Islamic Jihad is using military grade missiles to mass murder civilian population. Luckily there were no casualties in my city because of the Iron Dome.

What makes this tragedy even worse is that a lot of missiles and mortar shells launched by Islamic Jihad from Gaza fail and murder innocent palestinians. The launchers are hidden in the city among the civilians that are used as camouflage and living shields.

It is a bad feeling when people who never met you want to murder you just because you are there.

On the brighter side, today, a cease fire were established and I hope it will hold.

Yesterday I used the opportunity of relative calmness to go on a cycling trip. I was limited by my route options.

Couldn't cycle South - the Gaza strip is located south from my city, the odds of missile hit increase the closer you get to Gaza. Couldn't cycle on inter-city roads, they are not covered by anti missile system.

I ended up cycling to the city of Petah Tikva. The city is located North-East from Holon, wich is perfect for lowering the odds. I was very fortunate, there were no sirens during my trip and I found a beautiful park to enjoy.

The park is called "Yad Le Banim Park" and it is located in the center of the city of Petah Tikva.

The park features a lot of greenery, an ecological pool with a lot of fish, couple of water falls, streams, children's playground, outdoor public gym, rose garden, Holocaust memorial and a small zoo.

Cycling and walking through the garden

The ecological pool and streams

The Holocaust Memorial

I couldn't go inside the Railway wagon memorial because it was closed.

The extraction tank

This is the T-62 tank called "The extraction tank". It was operational during the Galil war in 1982.

The plaque tells of a heroic stories of the tank crew during the war. They made a major contribution to the victory over a much larger Syrian tank division.

My favorite photo of the day

I love this spot near the ecological pool. It was a pleasure spending time there, soaking in the view and basking in the sounds of waterfall.

¹) All the photos are of public places, taken by @alex2alex with Xiaomi Note 10 Pro and retouched by Snapseed. If you wish to use any of my photographs or images, please contact me first

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