This week, Israel marked sixth months since the Hamas attacks of October 7th and the IDF's response.

Over that time on this podcast, we've discussed various aspects of Israel's campaign to defeat

Hamas and to neutralize the

terror threat from Gaza. I spoke with the professor and former U.S. Marine Bruce Bechtol

on Hamas's military arsenal and how much of its technology and material has come from

North Korea. I spoke with the military strategist Edward Lutvac on technological advances in IDF weaponry,

and with a journalist Mati Friedman, about Israel's over-reliance on technology and its limits in battle.

I spoke with the former Brigadier General Asaforione about the IDF's air campaign and how it relates to ground operations.

The former IDF spokesman Jonathan Konrikas

joined me not long ago to talk about the provision of aid to Gazans and the challenges of fighting

for hearts and minds, while also fighting against lethal adversaries.

Broadening out, I have spoken on this program with Reithal Omari about the Palestinian

responses to the war, both in the

West Bank and in Gaza, and with Ray Takeh about how the war looks from Tehran. The rabbi Mayor Sulevich

joined me soon after the Hamas attacks to talk about how the Jewish people remember our martyrs,

and the Rabbi Ethan Tucker joined me soon after that to discuss the history and halakhic dilemmas

in the ransoming of hostages. We've tried to attend to many different dimensions of this war.

Today we're marking six months of war with a different sort of conversation.

Today we visit with an Israeli father whose son died a hero, and we'll hear how his mourning

is accompanied by his resilience and devotion.

Welcome to the Tikva podcast. I'm your host, Jonathan Silver. Dr. Yechia Leiter is the head

of the International Department of the Shiloh Policy Forum, a scholar of political philosophy,

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