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A gripping first-person account of how one Israeli grandfather helped rescue two generations of his family on October 7, 2023—a saga that reveals the deep tensions and systemic failures behind Hamas’s attacks that day.
On the morning of October 7, Amir Tibon and his wife were awakened by mortar rounds exploding near their home in Kibbutz Nahal Oz, a progressive Israeli community less than a mile from Gaza City. Soon, they were holding their two young daughters in the family’s reinforced safe room, urging them not to cry as gunfire echoed just outside the door. With his cell phone battery running low, Amir texted his father: “The girls are behaving really well, but I’m worried they’ll lose patience soon and Hamas will hear us.”
Some 45 miles north, Amir’s parents had just cut short an early morning swim along the shores of Tel Aviv. Now, they jumped in their Jeep and sped toward Nahal Oz, armed only with a pistol but intent on saving their family at all costs.
In The Gates of Gaza, Amir Tibon tells this harrowing story in full for the first time. He describes his family’s ordeal—and the bravery that ultimately led to their rescue—alongside the histories of the place they call home and the systems of power that have kept them and their neighbors in Gaza in harm’s way for decades.
Woven throughout is Tibon’s own expertise as a longtime international correspondent, as well as more than thirty original interviews: with residents of his kibbutz, with the Israeli soldiers who helped to wrest it from the hands of Hamas, and with experts on Gaza, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the failed peace process. More than one family’s odyssey, The Gates of Gaza is the intimate story of a tight-knit community and the broader saga of war, occupation, and hostility between two national movements—a conflict that has not yet extinguished the enduring hope for peace.
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<br> Publisher : Little, Brown and Company (September 24, 2024) <br> Language : English <br> Hardcover : 352 pages <br> ISBN-10 : 0316580961 <br> ISBN-13 : 978-0316580960 <br> Item Weight : 1.4 pounds <br> Dimensions : 6.35 x 1.19 x 9.6 inches <br>
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farwaf –
Different perspective
It is sn important teaf
Tena Fishman Frank –
Excellent. Thank you Amir Tibon.
I can’t put this book down. Best wishes for safety to Tibon and his family.
Mikayla Erin Laufer –
A must read
This book is so important, and I’ve been recommending it to everyone that will listen. Thank you for sharing your nightmare with us, Amir.
AJ –
Incredible story
Thank you to the author for telling his story of that terrible day and giving historical background along the way. I couldn’t stop reading this amazing book.
Robin –
I could not put this book down
Amir Tibon puts you in Nahal Oz on October 7th. He also takes you back to its founding in the year 1953. I learned so muchâ¦about the bravery and humanity of Israelis in dealing with the horrors of that day and everyday life on the edge, about the contributions of the border kibbutzim and their role in Israelâs identity, and about the events that ultimately led to 10/7. Masterfully researched and beautifully written, this book was un-put-downable.