It took a moment to understand what we were seeing as streaks of orange crossed the sky above out heads to be met with balls of fire drifting up in the opposite direction.
This was Iran’s missile barrage against Israel, and Israeli air defences fighting back.
Standing close to the Israeli border with Syria, our position appeared to be under the flight path for much of the attack.
Whenever a missile and interceptor impacted there were explosions and sudden flashes.
The sight of Iran and Israel effectively fighting an air war above our heads sounds like it should be dangerous.
But the action was taking place so far up in the sky that sirens in the surrounding area were not activated.
After an initial wave of missiles, there was sudden calm until again a fire ball moving up from the ground was spotted – evidence that Israel’s air defences were in action again.
The second wave of missiles seemed smaller.
We watched again as interceptions erupted far up over our head.
Then as suddenly it started, the missile onslaught stopped.
A few minutes later, though, the siren did start wailing to warn of a rocket – rather than a missile – attack. It was fired by Hezbollah in Lebanon, sending my team and I sprinting for the shelter.