Strangely, the second anniversary of Oct. 7—the most horrific day of mourning for the Jewish people since the Holocaust—coincides with the start of Sukkot, the festival of fragile huts that symbolize both vulnerability and determination.
Families across Israel sit together beneath their leafy roofs, called to joy and blessing even as they grieve for sons, daughters, parents and friends lost to Hamas’s barbarism.
While Israel mourns, global attention turns south to Egypt, where American, Israeli and Arab representatives are discussing the Trump peace plan. At its heart lies the return of 20 living hostages and 28 bodies.
The suffering of these people—those who survived the same monsters who strangled the two Bibas babies, raped women, severed limbs and burned families alive—is unspeakabl