OCT 7
The War Against Hamas Through the Eyes of an Israeli Commando Officer
Capt. Elkana (Kuno) Cohen ; Mark R. Levin
- A
- shocking,
- detailed
- account
- of
- present-day
- war
- as
- told
- by
- an
- Israeli
- commando
- officer**The
- persona
- of
- the
- Israeli
- officer
- who
- strives
- for
- absolute
- victory
- is
- well
- reflected
- in
- Capt.
- Elkana
- Cohen's
- new
- book—Prime
- Minister
- Benjamin
- NetanyahuElkana
- Cohen
- tells
- the
- story
- of
- thousands
- of
- young
- reservists
- who
- dropped
- everything
- on
- 10/7
- and
- went
- out
- to
- defend
- our
- nation—Naftali
- Bennett,
- thirteenth
- Prime
- Minister
- of
- Israel**On
- the
- morning
- of
- October
- 7,
- 2023,
- Israelis
- awoke
- to
- a
- harrowing
- reality.
- Not
- only
- were
- hundreds
- of
- rockets
- being
- launched
- from
- Gaza
- into
- Israeli
- population
- centers,
- but
- the
- security
- border
- between
- Gaza
- and
- Israel
- had
- also
- been
- breached
- by
- several
- thousand
- Hamas
- terrorists.Carnage,
- not
- seen
- since
- the
- Second
- World
- War,
- ensued.
- Elkana
- Cohen,
- Captain
- of
- an
- Elite
- Commando
- Unit
- was
- called,
- along
- with
- thousands
- of
- other
- reservists,
- to
- prepare
- for
- war.
- One
- that
- will
- have
- to
- ensure
- nothing
- less
- than
- Israel’s
- survival.In
- notebooks
- he
- found
- on
- the
- ground
- in
- the
- streets
- of
- Gaza,
- Cohen
- began
- writing
- a
- diary.Every
- day,
- he
- candidly
- documented
- the
- sights
- of
- the
- war.
- From
- an
- honest,
- precise
- and
- fluid
- first-person
- perspective,
- Cohen
- presents
- the
- feeling
- and
- story
- of
- the
- war
- from
- the
- eyes
- of
- the
- heroes
- who
- were
- there:
- the
- dust,
- the
- sweat,
- the
- brotherhood,
- the
- longing,
- and
- the
- awful
- smell
- of
- death
- and
- destruction.
- Cohen’s
- writing
- poignantly
- describes
- his
- relationships
- with
- his
- fellow
- comrades,
- the
- mass
- arrests
- of
- terrorists,
- the
- homes
- of
- Hamas
- members,
- the
- story
- of
- the
- fallen
- soldiers,
- and
- the
- desperate
- hope
- to
- bring
- the
- hundreds
- of
- Israeli
- hostages
- home.**Why
- did
- the
- prisoner
- from
- Jabaliya
- reveal
- to
- IDF
- soldiers
- that
- he
- had
- millions
- of
- shekels
- hidden
- in
- his
- house?What's
- on
- the
- Hamas
- terrorists’
- GoPro
- cameras?Why
- did
- the
- author
- feel
- sick
- every
- time
- he
- ate
- meat?How
- did
- the
- soldiers
- behave
- when
- the
- terrorist
- they
- were
- following
- went
- up
- to
- the
- roof
- of
- a
- building
- with
- a
- baby
- in
- his
- arms?**OCT
- 7
- is
- not
- only
- the
- story
- of
- one
- Israeli
- officer,
- but
- it
- is
- also
- the
- narrative
- of
- an
- entire
- nation.
- A
- nation
- that
- stepped
- up
- without
- a
- moment's
- hesitation
- to
- face
- an
- existential
- challenge
- with
- a
- sense
- of
- purpose
- and mission.
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