Artiklar om 7 oktober

 ‘We’re not breaking’: The untold heroics of the female fighters who held off Hamas at Sufa

In her new book, ‘Israel’s Women Warriors,’ ToI correspondent Tal Schneider tells the stories of women who played an outsized yet largely unsung role in defending Israel during the October 7, 2023, terrorist onslaught. In this exclusive excerpt translated into English, Or Ben-Yehuda of the mixed-gender Caracal Battalion takes control as an army outpost is overrun, with the fates of fellow soldiers, and several communities, on the line

“One jeep broke toward the dining hall. I went in on foot. How naive I was at that stage. It was almost 9 a.m. Until then I hadn’t seen the terrorists with my own eyes, and suddenly, inside the outpost, they were standing right in front of me.”

— Lt. Col. Or Ben-Yehuda, commander of the Caracal Battalion

The October 7 battle for Sderot still rages in the minds of its survivors

Residents of embattled Gaza border city recall moments when Hamas terrorists invaded, gunning people down in the street, but vow to stay in their hometown

‘A deep scar’: Three years on, this Israeli first responder cannot escape October 7

Israeli rescuer Natan Kenig says it does not take much of a trigger for him to relive the October 7, 2023, attack: his eyes open or closed, at home or out with friends, he still sees the rockets, torched cars and lifeless bodies.

“I saw atrocities. The most terrible things in the world,” he said.

Three years after Hamas led the deadliest terror attack ever against Israel, Kenig, like so much of the country, remains traumatized. The flashbacks come daily, to the point that he has needed to see a therapist.

Newly released recordings shed light on final hours of Amit Mann, hero paramedic killed on Oct. 7

Newly released recordings reveal the final hours of Amit Mann, a Magen David Adom paramedic and paramedic course instructor, who was murdered on October 7, 2023, by terrorists in Kibbutz Be’eri, as she desperately tried to save victims of the attack and herself.

IDF chief honors officer whose Hamas invasion warnings were ignored by her superiors

During the conference, Zamir presented a certificate of appreciation to Chief Warrant Officer “Vav,” a member of the signals intelligence Unit 8200 — identified only by her first initial in Hebrew — who warned before October 7, 2023, that Hamas had a clear plan in place to attack Israel. Senior intelligence officers had dismissed and ignored her warnings.

“Vav” warned in an email sent to a number of IDF officers in the days leading up to the deadly Hamas terror assault that “the sword is coming,” and urged them to “warn the people” while there was still time.

After three years of war, Israeli kids bear the brunt of still-rising mental toll

New PTSD diagnoses across Israel’s population doubled the year after Hamas’s October 7, 2023, terror onslaught and continued to rise throughout the three years of war, according to a report published Sunday by Clalit Health Services, Israel’s largest health fund.