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Q&A LEE YARON

by MEREDITH WOLF SCHIZER

FROM LEFT: EDEN OMAMI; URI BAREKET; BOOK COVER COURTESY OF ST. MARTIN’S PRESS

Q _ How did researching and writing this book affect you personally?

A _ With 10/7, the professional became profoundly personal. My aunt and uncle live in Ofakim, a small and impoverished town in Israel near the Gaza border. Despite enduring rocket attacks for nearly two decades, many homes in Ofakim still lack shelters. Residents typically seek shelter in public shelters, which on 10/7 made them easy targets for Hamas terrorists. Forty-nine people were murdered in Ofakim that day. Too accustomed to rocket attacks to seek shelter, my family stayed at home—and lived.

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