Israelis mark Passover in shadow of war: 'We cannot celebrate together'
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🗓️ 9 April 2026
⏱️ 5 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This year, Easter and Passover coincided not only with each other, but with the war in Iran. |
| 0:06.7 | And that led to subdued holidays in Israel. |
| 0:09.4 | Gatherings were restricted in size, and access to Jerusalem was severely limited. |
| 0:14.3 | Producer Carl Bostic and Nick Schifrin have this report on Passover in Israel under fire. |
| 0:20.6 | This year in the Holy Land, the holidays turned into tests of faith. |
| 0:25.6 | Residents in Matula, Israel's northernmost town, |
| 0:30.6 | rush inside whatever reinforced room offers seconds of safety. |
| 0:34.6 | The sirens of incoming Hezbollah rockets or missiles provide only 15 seconds of warning. |
| 0:44.6 | What sounds like distant booms, outgoing Israeli air defense, on the first day of Passover. |
| 0:50.3 | We are not safe. |
| 0:51.3 | We cannot celebrate together like each year, every year. |
| 0:56.0 | It was a missile. |
| 0:59.0 | It's here. |
| 1:02.0 | This is the car, damage no more. |
| 1:05.0 | Miriam Hood shows producer Carl Bostick the aftermath of a Hezbollah strike, just last week. This car on her street |
| 1:12.4 | full of pockmarks, her hotel pierced by shrapnel. She owns the base Shalom. She says |
| 1:18.5 | Passover doesn't feel as it should. |
| 1:20.5 | Is there a reason to celebrate right now? |
| 1:22.9 | No. No reason. We are not celebrate today. We stay home, no family. |
| 1:29.3 | Holy Week is supposed to help inaugurate spring, but for many of the faithful this year, |
| 1:34.3 | that joy was missing, and instead weeks of war left emptiness. |
| 1:38.3 | What should have been a full Western wall was instead deserted because of restrictions |
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