The most powerful answer to terrorism is not to allow it to dictate the future. It is to build the trust, relationships and shared regional interests that terrorism was intended to destroy.

Luis Har was freed from captivity in Gaza in a daring Israeli military operation 129 days after he was abducted during the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre.

At an inauguration, the father of Ariel and Kfir recalled the fateful decision in Nir Oz to resist terrorists before his children and wife Shiri were killed.

Three years have passed since Oct. 7, 2023, and Israel’s enemies have been severely weakened. But that does not mean the danger is over.

After three years of rejection and antisemitism, Jews must cease asking for pity and second-guessing failed efforts at explaining themselves, and instead project strength.

“In one hour, on Oct. 7, I saw more casualties than I saw for five years,” Guy M. told JNS.

Three years after the Hamas attack, Israel today commemorates the murdered and fallen with state ceremonies. Army chief Eyal Zamir once again acknowledges the IDF’s failure: “We failed in our most important task.”

How much consideration can Israel afford in war when protecting enemy civilians endangers the lives of its own soldiers? The documentary “NAZA” raises old questions anew – and leads back to the strategic miscalculation before October 7th.

Nirit Shalev-Khalifa and her Yad Ben-Zvi team are preserving thousands of items from Gaza-border communities devastated in the Hamas massacre for future generations.