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Oct 2023
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Golan’s Story

The New York Times
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Warning: this episode contains descriptions of death.

In the week since Israel suffered the deadliest day in its modern history, fresh accounts have emerged in village after village of just how extreme and widespread the violence was.

Today we hear the story of one man at the epicenter of that violence: Golan Abitbul, a resident of Kibbutz Be’eri, where more than 100 civilians were killed.

Guest: Golan Abitbul, a resident of Kibbutz Be’eri, in southern Israel.

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