ToI’s weekly deep dive: On-the-ground reports from Kibbutz Be’eri, Sderot, Ofakim * ID center for Hamas’s victims * Thinker Micah Goodman: Vow to support Israel

[Times of Israel]( [Weekly Deep Dive]( Sunday, October 15, 2023 Reporter's notebook [Awaiting ID, the bodies of Hamas’s victims are stacked on racks in outdoor containers]( By Carrie Keller-Lynn Most of the Israeli civilian bodies transferred to the Military Rabbinate for processing await ID, complicated by condition of the remains and availability of fingerprint records Op-ed David Horovitz [Day 7 of the war: Rage and unity in Israel’s darkest hour]( Despite our leadership, the people of this wonderful nation have put aside our divisions and unified – to fight back against Hamas and whoever else piles on, and to help each other Reporter's Notebook [In Sderot and Ofakim, Israelis put aside traumas to take care of neighbors in need]( By Canaan Lidor Reporter's notebook [Amid the devastation of Kibbutz Be’eri, Israel keeps pulling bodies from the rubble]( By Lazar Berman Almost 1 in 10 of the residents of this Gaza border kibbutz were slain by Hamas terrorists; IDF general who fought attackers here promises a ground invasion [Reporter's notebook / Be’eri’s residents are gone, but their homes attest to the horrors they endured]( By Canaan Lidor [Testimonies from Be’eri massacre expose deep trauma predating Israel’s creation]( By Canaan Lidor [‘At least 40 babies killed’: Foreign reporters taken to massacre site in Kfar Aza]( By Lazar Berman Reporter's notebook Lazar Berman [Once an artery of thriving southern region, Route 232 transformed into road of death]( Times of Israel reporters drive along Negev highway used by Hamas during brutal Saturday invasion and discover a hellish landscape stained by blood and fire ToI podcast [What Matters Now to Micah Goodman: Vowing to stand with Israel when it fires back]( By Amanda Borschel-Dan Survivors [Heart-stopping accounts of bravery emerge from a town that repelled Hamas onslaught]( By Sue Surkes Evacuating a moshav member shot while fighting involved a terrifying car race with dozens of Hamas gunmen shooting at the speeding vehicle, hitting the wounded man [‘There was no air force, no soldiers, we were alone,’ says Hamas massacre survivor]( By Jeremy Sharon Crowdfunding [Planeloads of combat gear arriving, will get to soldiers soon – IDF, Defense Ministry]( By Sue Surkes En route are over 50,000 ceramic vests, more than 20,000 helmets, tens of thousands of items such as protective glasses and knee protectors [Interview / ‘Where is the military?’: Civilian air medics jumped into action amid fighting, no GPS]( By Carrie Keller-Lynn [Reporter's notebook / IDF says it’s providing all equipment. Reservists find different reality on ground]( By Sue Surkes Op-ed Tal Schneider [For years, Netanyahu propped up Hamas. Now it’s blown up in our faces]( The premier’s policy of treating the terror group as a partner, at the expense of Abbas and Palestinian statehood, has resulted in wounds that will take Israel years to heal from The Missing [Families of Gaza hostages beg for medical attention, say government forsaking them]( By Jessica Steinberg Relatives detail urgent medical needs of missing kids, sick and elderly; head of Families Forum says he met Red Cross officials who said they’ve ‘never seen anything like this’ [10 members of same kibbutz family believed held by Hamas, including 3 children]( By Sue Surkes [‘We went through a pogrom’: Relatives of missing French-Israelis appeal to Macron]( By Jessica Steinberg [Hundreds join vigil of man whose wife, kids abducted to Gaza; many rage at government]( By Carrie Keller-Lynn and ToI Staff Analysis Lazar Berman [Why did Israel think a border fence would protect it from an army of terrorists?]( Once an offensive-minded force, the IDF thought it could hunker down behind walls and the Iron Dome, while the threat grew on the other side Top Ops Qanta A. Ahmed [Israel’s jihad remains my jihad, the IDF my soul soldiers]( For Hamas, there is only the killing, the maiming, the violations, the debasing. It was there all along, but we didn’t want to see it. Harris Bor [A lament for these times: ‘Oi Meh Haya Lanu’]( Let the lioness rise, let her shatter the mountaintops with her deafening roar and devour those who provoked her. Return us. Jessica Levine Kupferberg [It’s morning in Israel]( You’re so tired but you may never sleep again, your friend’s son is missing, your daughter needs a ride, you’ve made sandwiches for soldiers, and it’s just beginning Amir Ben-David [A nation neglected]( In almost every aspect of this crisis, Israelis are feeling – and filling – the vast void left by their government Diaspora [A tear in the tent: The US Jews who are protesting Israel following Hamas massacres]( By Matt Lebovic Galvanized by groups including ‘IfNotNow’ and ‘Jewish Voice for Peace,’ thousands of US Jews have denounced the Jewish state almost immediately after slaughter of 1,200 Israelis [On Long Island, Jews put communal squabbles aside to ‘light up this darkness together’]( By Matt Lebovic [Fear in Berlin as Star of David scrawled at entrances of buildings where Jews reside]( By Stuart Winer [CRM]( [At impromptu Tel Aviv vigil, accidental documentarian covers war’s ‘little stories’]( By Gavriel Fiske In under two minutes, American filmmaker Eli Katzoff captures spontaneous ‘1,300 Candle Vigil’ in Dizengoff Square, recording how a united Israel mourns together in public Health [Amid northern jitters, Haifa’s fortified underground hospital readies for war]( By Renee Ghert-Zand Prepared in just 36 hours, 2,000-bed medical facility in Rambam parking garage can house 8,000 people, operate self-sufficiently for three days in case of nonconventional warfare [Embryologists inundated with requests for sperm retrieval from the fallen and dead]( By Renee Ghert-Zand [Amid outcry, wounded terrorists not being treated in Israeli civilian hospitals]( By Renee Ghert-Zand [As Israel-Hamas war intensifies, schools move to remote learning on Sunday]( By Gavriel Fiske Altruism [At Magen David Adom blood drive, a show of force by Israelis of every type]( By Jessica Steinberg Hundreds from all walks of life stand in line for up to 11 hours at Jerusalem’s Pais Arena in order to donate for devastated nation after Hamas bloodbath [In order to cook for tens of thousands, Tel Aviv restaurants kasher their kitchens]( By Jessica Steinberg [As reservists mobilize, some moved up weddings as well]( By Jessica Steinberg [As enemy rockets rain down, Israelis provide shelter to displaced pets]( By Shira Silkoff From The Blogs [To the innocent Palestinians in Gaza]( By Ellis Shuman We know you are suffering, in the dark and without basic necessities, but it is Hamas that has failed you [Weekly Deep Dive]( [facebook]( [twitter]( [instagram]( [View in browser]( [Contact support](mailto:support@timesofisrael.com) [Advertise with us](mailto:advertise@timesofisrael.com) Were you forwarded this email? 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