EILAT, Israel — On the shores of the Red Sea, the survivors of the Hamas massacre at Kibbutz Nir Oz have lived in a local hotel for the last several weeks as they try to process what happened to them, to find out about kidnapped friends and relatives, and to rebuild their lives.
No one is sure that they can.
Of the small community of about 400 people, about 40 were murdered and 79 were kidnapped, including foreign workers. Nir Oz alone accounts for one-third of all the hostages in Gaza, including one half of the children. The Hamas terror attack of October 7 turned Nir Oz, renowned for its botanical garden, from a rural paradise into a nightmare. The kibbutz was almost entirely destroyed.
The stories are harrowing.
Eyal Barad, a husband and father of three, took his family into the “safe room” — built for rocket attacks — and held his hands over his autistic…
