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🗓️ 16 October 2023
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In 1956, Moshe Dayan – then the IDF’s Chief of Staff – delivered a eulogy for a fallen member of Kibbutz Nahal Oz. That eulogy had a tremendous impact on Israeli society and is just as poignant today as it was sixty-seven years ago.
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0:00.0 | Hey listeners, it's Mishi. Kibbutz Nahalos was the scene of some of the most horrific acts of violence carried out by Hamas on October 7th. |
0:10.0 | While the numbers are still very much in flux, as of now it seems that at least 100 of the Kibbutz's 470 members were killed. |
0:19.0 | Since Nakhaloz is practically on the border with Gaza, it's known its share of horror and tragedy over the years. |
0:27.6 | In fact, it was established on the remains of a previous kibbutz, Kibbutz Berot-Itschak, which had been decimated in a battle with the Egyptian army in 1948, and whose surviving members had decided not to return after the war. |
0:42.4 | Three years later, in 1951, a new group reestablished itself there, |
0:48.2 | creating what would soon be called Kibbutz Nakhaloz. |
0:51.9 | Our senior producer, Yochai Meital, will take it from here. |
0:55.0 | April 29, 1956, was supposed to be a particularly festive day on Kibbutz Nakhal Oz. |
1:03.0 | Four couples were going to get married in one big joint celebration. |
1:07.0 | And what's more, Moshe Dayan, the IDF's chief of staff, enjoyed sort of a rock star status in those days and was related to one of the couples, was going to attend. |
1:17.8 | Among those preparing the joyous event was Zohi Rottberg, the Kibbutz's 21-year-old blue-eyed head of security. |
1:25.6 | That very same morning, |
1:27.5 | Woi went out to the nearby wheat fields, |
1:29.5 | where some Arab herders were, at least so we thought, |
1:33.0 | trying to steal agricultural equipment. |
1:35.8 | But it was a trap. |
1:38.1 | Wei was captured, killed, and kidnapped to Gaza, |
1:42.1 | where his body was severely mutilated. |
1:45.0 | According to some accounts, his eyes were gouged out. |
1:48.3 | Diane learned of the murder, retired into a room, and wrote a short eulogy, |
1:53.8 | which he delivered the following day at Roy's funeral. |
1:57.1 | It took him half an hour to write, but the effects of his words reverberated throughout Israel |
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