Writer: Julie Adar

Firefighters at the scene where a rocket fired from Gaza landed in a residential area in Rishon LeZion, October 7, 2023. Photo by Yossi Aloni/Flash90

An Israeli mother’s war diary

Here in Israel, there are many in our neighborhood whose sworn aim is to annihilate us, and they like to remind us of this every now and then.

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Writer: Julie Adar

An Israeli mother’s war diary

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