The gripping, true story of how leading Israeli journalist Amir Tibon, along with his wife and their two young children, were rescued on 7 October 2023 by Tibon-s father - an incredible tale of survival that also reveals the tensions and failures that led to Hamas-s attacks that day. On that fateful day, Tibon and his wife were awakened by mortar rounds exploding near their home in Kibbutz Nahal Oz, a progressive Israeli settlement along the Gaza border. Soon, they were holding their two young daughters in the family-s reinforced safe room, urging them not to cry while they all listened to the gunfire from Hamas attackers outside their windows. With his mobile-phone battery running low, Amir texted his father: -They-re here.-Some 45 miles to the north, on the shores of Tel Aviv, Amir-s parents saw the news at the same time as they received Amir-s note. Immediately, they jumped in their car and raced toward Nahal Oz, armed only with a pistol - but intent on saving their family at all co
