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Three years, three lives transformed: The personal journeys reshaped by October 7

Three people reflect on the moments, choices, and unexpected journeys that began with the trauma of October 7

People holding up portraits of Israeli hostages still held in Gaza gather at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv in October 2025. Premium
Israelis have continued to work, study, and raise families, even as reminders of three years of war remain part of the landscape of everyday life.PremiumPremium

'We're just in survival mode': Three years on, Israelis find a new normal after Oct. 7

A partially torn poster of a hostage kidnapped in the deadly October 7 attack on Israel by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas is seen at a public plaza in front of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.

Farewell from the Report: reflecting on three years of upheaval - from the editor

A hot day at the beach in Tel Aviv.

Tel Aviv ranks 34th globally, highest in Middle East, in Oxford Economics’ 2026 Global Cities Index


Jerusalem residents express opposing views over dividing capital

"Dividing the city is surrendering to terrorists," says one woman.

A WOMAN PASSES a section of the uncompleted temporary barrier being erected yesterday to separate the Jerusalem neighborhoods of Armon Hanatziv and Jebl Mukaber.

On alert in the Holy City

As a thousand more border police officers are deployed in Jerusalem, those patrolling the dangerous streets amid a wave of terror balance restraint with a firm response.

Muslim and Jewish women walk past one of the newly installed metal detectors in the Old City

In Plain Language: Fact, fantasy and Fatah

"As I write this piece, on the heels of Simhat Torah, meant to be among the happiest days of the year, mourning observances are beginning for a number of pure souls."

Star of david

Pay attention, your new life is about to begin

‘YOU’RE HERE? All of you?’ said a voice in a thick Russian accent. I turned to the kids and counted.

Family

Ask me no questions, I’ll tell you no lies

Dealing with those invasive inquiries.

WATCH: Highlights of 221 Olim Landing on the July 2015 Charter Flight

Mahaneh Yehuda takes center stage

The beating heart of Jerusalem seems to have shifted to the shuk.

Mahaneh Yehuda shuk

The Human Spirit: Season of forgiveness

Looking back on it, asking Yihye to pose with a baby was an act of cruelty. Of course, I didn’t know about her fertility problem. I had committed a serious misdeed without knowing it

Gilat Yihye, posing for the New Year photo for the hospital

Time to count your blessings

I’m hopeful that in the New Year each one of us can count our blessings, see the good that is in so many people around us, and work together to further enhance our collective sense of happiness.

An Orthodox Jewish worshipper prays at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City

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20 Ways Of Knowing Summer Arrived To Tel Aviv

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