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Barry Avrich and Noam Tibon attend the premiere of "The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue" during the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 10 in Toronto.

In the last moments of Barry Avrich’s new documentary, The Road Between Us , one of his subjects finally addresses the elephant in the room.

Gali Mir-Tibon is the wife of retired Israeli Major-General Noam Tibon and on Oct. 7, 2023, she helped her husband save their son and his family from Hamas, performing the dramatic rescue the film retells. In the end, noting the failure of the Israeli Defense Forces to protect citizens, she says that Israel was humiliated that day, and she suggests that the ensuing war “has an aspect of revenge.”

That’s a rare glimpse at the larger picture. Otherwise, The Road Bet

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