Swept up in the bad news frenzy that comes with war – which can hit everyone personally, directly affecting individuals, their family and friends, as well as communally and nationally – the soft stories of humanity tend to escape us: both those of us working in the journalism realm, as well as all of us on the consumer side of it.
On that disastrous Saturday morning, IDF St.-Sgt. (res.) D. managed to get to Kibbutz Be’eri, which bore one of the larger brunts of violence on that tragic day. Upon arrival, he saw a house with flames licking up its side. He inched closer to see if there was anyone trapped in the house, and saw an elderly couple; he helped them out and brought them to safety, the IDF said.
But there are so many stories of humanity and bravery that get missed in the news cycle. They get buried under other, more timely headlines, ones that ask us what will happen next, what it is we want, and who may get hurt. As this war transitions – to a slower phase or to whatever comes next – it is both important and necessary to seek out these stories, and not let them get lost in the shuffle.
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On that disastrous Saturday morning, IDF St.-Sgt. (res.) D. managed to get to Kibbutz Be’eri, which bore one of the larger brunts of violence on that tragic day. Upon arrival, he saw a house with flames licking up its side. He inched closer to see if there was anyone trapped in the house, and saw an elderly couple; he helped them out and brought them to safety, the IDF said.
But there are so many stories of humanity and bravery that get missed in the news cycle. They get buried under other, more timely headlines, ones that ask us what will happen next, what it is we want, and who may get hurt. As this war transitions – to a slower phase or to whatever comes next – it is both important and necessary to seek out these stories, and not let them get lost in the shuffle.
Israel-Hamas War: The stories of humanity, bravery the news misses
From the moment Hamas’s brutal cross-border infiltration attack began on October 7, those accounts began flowing in at a sickly speed, along with everything else that day.
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