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A country shaken
Amelia Newcomb
Many have said that Hamas鈥� Oct. 7 attack shook Israelis to their core. But what does that mean? In our first story, Howard LaFranchi, as Middle East Editor Ken Kaplan puts it, 鈥渢akes you to that core.鈥�
Howard has been visiting Israel regularly since the attack, building a deeply reported portrait of the dynamics coursing through society. Even if you think you know Israel, you鈥檒l want to read this story.
