Editor’s Note: Retired Santee firefighter Dana Ben Kaplan volunteered to serve in Israel immediately following the October 7th massacre perpetrated by Hamas. Last December, he wrote about the first tumultuous week he experienced in the war, and in this article he reconstructs the second week. By Dana Ben Kaplan Dana Ben Kaplan RISHON LEZION, Israel — The air war against Hamas in Gaza had started, and we began experiencing sirens at our station in the north, meaning a dash into the safe room (which was the station’s synagogue as well) because of attacks which were more likely coming from Hezbol…