The state of Israeli society, five months after the Oct. 7 attack, is crucial to understanding where the Israel-Hamas conflict might lead. Here are five ways Israel has been transformed.
SHEFAYIM, Israel — Five months after the surprise Hamas assault on Israel on Oct. 7, and Israel's punishing military response in Gaza, Israeli and Palestinian lives have been immeasurably changed.
It was only two weeks ago that Avidor Schwartzman, a survivor of the Oct. 7 attack, finally moved with his family from a room at the Shefayim Hotel, a resort north of Tel Aviv, to a new trailer park set up behind the hotel.Prefab temporary housing units provided to residents of Kibbutz Kfar Aza after the Oct. 7 attack, in Shefayim, Israel, Tuesday.Prefab temporary housing units provided to residents of Kibbutz Kfar Aza after the Oct. 7 attack, in Shefayim, Israel, Tuesday.
"I find that I'm way angrier than before. I feel like so many people are against us," she says, referring to #FreePalestine hashtags and social media posts justifying the Hamas attack."Only Israelis know how other Israelis feel. No one will never know how we feel."Together We Will Win!, is everywhere in Israel: draped on tech company buildings, featured on highway signs along with the traffic updates and displayed on buses along with the route number.
"After Oct. 7, I lost my attention, like, for, like, going to parties and bars and having fun," Kahan says."My whole life kind of shifted to being aware of the people around me."one of several Palestinian attacks on Israeli civilians since Oct. 7. Kahan recently took his assault rifle to go shopping at a thrift shop in a hipster Tel Aviv neighborhood, just in case. He found others shopping there carrying their rifles, too.
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