Israeli innovation envoy Fleur Hassan-Nahoum interviews commando soldier Elkana Cohen of the Israel Defense Forces, who details some of his battle experiences in the Gaza Strip in a new book, Oct. 7: The War Against Hamas Through the Eyes of an Israeli Commando Officer.
The text starts as a letter to his wife when he couldn’t get or be in touch with her. It describes what he saw firsthand and how the Israeli military conducted itself when face-to-face with the enemy.
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