Just on the edge of the Old City of Jerusalem, three generations of the Joyner family from the US are wondering what their options are for getting out of Israel.
With Ben Gurion Airport and Israeli airspace closed, their homeward flight on Monday has been cancelled. Now, they are wondering whether to stick it out for a few more days or try to get out via the land crossings into Jordan and Egypt.
It's a problem facing many visitors to Israel. The Joyners were meant to be staying with relatives in Ashdod on the coast - just below Tel Aviv - but were told by them that it would be safer to stay in Jerusalem.
The thinking is that the Old City, which contains the third holiest site in Islam, al-Aqsa mosque, is unlikely to be targeted by Iran.
Both John and Justin Joyner - respectively the grandfather and father of thirteen-year-old Rorac - say they have been deeply reassured by the calm that the Palestinian staff at the hotel where they are staying have been exuding, despite the middle of the night alerts on their phones of Iranian attacks.
Just as we're speaking, another guest at the much-loved family-run Jerusalem Hotel - Jean-Marie Renouf from Jersey - offers a possible lifeline.
He flew into Israel for business a week ago, but his flight has also been cancelled. He has, however, already come up with a plan - to head down to Eilat in the south and cross over to Egypt.
The attraction of Egypt over Jordan for him is so that he can fit in some scuba diving in the Red Sea, making the most of this forced extension to his stay. And he has room in his car for the Joyners - so they too might have a way out even earlier than they expected.
Many others here in Israel will have to be making similar calculation in the coming hours and days, as the war between Israel and Iran only appears to be intensifying.
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