Overview
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On the morning ofĀ October 7, Amir Tibon and his wife were awakened by mortar rounds exploding near their home in Kibbutz Nahal Oz, a progressive Israeli communityĀ less than a mile from Gaza City. Soon, they were holding their two young daughters in the familyās reinforced safe room, urging them not to cry as gunfireĀ echoed just outside the door. With his cell phone battery running low, Amir texted his father: āThe girls are behaving really well, but Iām worried theyāll lose patience soon and Hamas will hear us.ā
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Some 45 miles north, Amirās parentsĀ had just cut short an early morning swim along the shores of Tel Aviv. Now, they jumped in their Jeep and sped toward Nahal Oz,Ā armed only with a pistol but intent on saving their family at all costs.
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InĀ The Gates of Gaza, Amir Tibon tells this harrowing story in full for the first time. He describes his family's ordealāand the bravery that ultimately led to their rescueāalongside the histories of the place they call home and the systems of power that have kept them and their neighbors in Gaza in harmās way for decades.Ā
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Woven throughout is Tibon's own expertise as a longtime international correspondent, as well as more than thirty original interviews: with residents of his kibbutz, with the Israeli soldiers who helped to wrest it from the hands of Hamas, and with experts on Gaza, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the failed peace process. More than one family's odyssey,Ā The Gates of GazaĀ is the intimate story of a tight-knit community and the broader saga of war, occupation, and hostility between two national movementsāa conflict that has not yet extinguished the enduring hope for peace.
This book title, The Gates of Gaza (A Story of Betrayal, Survival, and Hope in Israel's Borderlands), ISBN: 9780316580960, by Amir Tibon, published by Little, Brown and Company (September 24, 2024) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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