Joe Biden and many Western politicians have apparently forgotten what happened on Oct. 7 , but the people of Israel can’t. On May 27, in the Negev Desert in southern Israel, I spoke with one of the survivors of Hamas’ killing spree.
Tali was dancing at the Nova music festival when the terrorists swarmed in. By the grace of God, she found a place to hide, and the terrorists didn’t find her. But she heard everything that happened just feet away.
Tali heard the unmistakable thud of men’s boots, chasing young women — the same women she’d been dancing with minutes earlier. She heard their screams. She heard them cry for help and beg their attackers to stop.
She heard the gunshots that took their lives. When the terrorists finally left, Tali came out of hiding, and what she saw was even worse than she imagined. Her friends and fellow concertgoers were butchered.
Many women had been raped. Some had their genitals mutilated. Tali, a nurse by training, found some survivors and tried to administer what care and comfort she could.
Many had called their parents in a panic as the attack unfolded. Their parents told them to hide under dead bodies. The same terrorists that had targeted, raped and murdered them had done the same across the region.
I also visited Nir Oz, a once beautiful kibbutz now filled with ruins, where neighbors were tortured and burned alive. The terrorists who perpetrated those crimes have promised to do it again. It’s crucial that Israel finish the job i.
