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Wartime Diaries

Wartime Diaries

Everything in this corner of the world changed on Saturday, October 7, 2023. All around us, friends, family, colleagues, people have died. People are missing and kidnapped. Amidst the uncertainty, we bring you some voices and testimonies that paint a picture of these devastating times. Produced in partnership with The Times of Israel.
Pazit Noyberger and Radwan Abu Arara (Israel Story)
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In the messy tension of war, Pazit had to make a life-or-death decision: donating her kidney to the daughter of a colleague from another community.
Rescue teams work outside a heavily damaged building following an Israeli strike in the Iranian capital of Tehran, June 13, 2025. (AFP)
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In the middle of a war, we reached out to the other side. They answered.
Alert from Israel's Homefront Command app
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There's just a moment to decide what's most important before heading to the bomb shelter.
A Public Bomb Shelter in Tel Aviv (Yossi Zamir)
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A snapshot from a war within a war, for the people on the other side
Amir Ofer (Israel Story)
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An unlikely intergenerational friendship between two soldiers with one job: freeing civilian hostages.
Oran Almog (Israel Story)
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In the impossible arithmetic of hostage transfers, how does it feel to be told that the terrorist who shattered your world will walk free?
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