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Oct 2024
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The piano-playing soldier who changed Is...

THE AUSTRALIAN
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On the anniversary of the October 7 attacks, we remember Major Tal Grushka, a 25-year-old killed by Hamas - and revisit an Israel forever changed. 

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This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey and edited by Tiffany Dimmack. 

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