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Programmer maps the hometowns of all IDF soldiers killed since October 7
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An American-Israeli programmer has created an interactive map of the hometowns of every one of the over 480 Israeli soldiers who have been killed since Hamas’s brutal assault on October 7.
“One aspect of this horrible war which has really touched me is how deeply all of Israel has been affected personally by the losses. Every time there’s a new terrible announcement about more fallen soldiers, I’ve noticed that they’re from new places. To help myself internalize just how broad the impact has been, I made a map of the hometown of every fallen soldier since (including) October 7. May this map never need any more names added to it,” tweets Liron Kopinsky.
“I copied it by hand from the IDF website into Excel and so I looked at each photo. It felt like giving each person a little honor,” Kopinsky tells The Times of Israel, adding that the fallen hail from 224 different cities.
“The map only shows ‘where they live.’ Not where they were born. Where they grew up. Where their parents, siblings, cousins, friends live. The ripples are way broader,” he says.
One aspect of this horrible war which has really touched me is how deeply all of Israel has been affected personally by the losses.
Every time there's a new terrible announcement about more fallen soldiers, I've noticed that they're from new places.
To help myself internalize… pic.twitter.com/jc085cnNPT
— Liron Kopinsky ????️ Let My People Go (@ldkop) December 22, 2023
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