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February 27, 2024 29 mins

Her Kibbutz family was Raped. Shot. Burned. Murdered. Looted. Destroyed.  Yael Marcus is here to share her story of survival.

In this episode, Yael Marcus, of Kibbutz Ner Oz, shares how she and her partner were spared the horrors of the Ocotber 7th masacre, only to live with the memories with those closest to her.

You'll find out how Yael lost her parents at a young age and started to build her life once again on the beatiful paradise of the kibbutz that she fell in love with.

Peaceful. Loving. Relaxing. Helping and lending a hand to their Gazan neighbors across the fence.

And yet, you'll hear how a nation completely disregarded the love and peace of their neighbors and chose to barbarically destroy them instead.

And what is Yael's desire, as her life continue's and she's forced to live with these memories and try to move forward? Listen till the end to find out.


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