Introduction

  Hamas attacked Israel on October 7th 2023. On October 9th I wrote a report on the events, for family and friends outside Israel. A few days later I wrote a 2nd report, and eventually, 19 of them. Mostly I was trying to record for myself what we Israelis were going through, and trying to make sense of the events.

On May 2nd 2025 I published a long update, a year after the series ended.

Over a number of weeks in May and June of 2026 I wrote another essay, describing my growing estrangement from Israel, and the way we still might get back on track.

This website contains the full series. Readers can start at the earliest blogpost and read forward, or pick and choose from this table of contents:

Day Three of the War with Hamas

October 15th 2024: Second Report

October 24th, 2023: Third Report

November 15th, 2023: Fourth Report

Reports 5-6 were mostly pictures, and for technical reasons I haven't uploaded them here

November 27th, 2023 - 7th Report: Civilian Hostages Returning

December 3rd, 2023 - 8th Report: Fuad

December 13th, 2023 - 9th Report: Soldiers

December 20th, 2023 - 10th Reports: Hostages

December 31st, 2023 - 11th Report: Patriots

January 4th, 2024 - 12th Report: The Court

January 25th, 2024 - 13th Report: Reservists

February 11th, 2024 - 14th Report: Political Camps

February 27th, 2024 - 15th Report: Early Protests

March 4th, 2024 - 16th Report: Wartime Protests

April 3rd, 2024 - 17th Report: Famine

April 14th, 2024 - 18th Report: Iran


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