A Year Ago Today, Terrorists Stole My Son

A poster of Alon Ohel at the Nova Music Festival memorial. (Syndi Pilar via AP Images)
My oldest child went to a music festival. Then Hamas murdered his friends—and dragged Alon into Gaza.
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My son Alon lives in an apartment in Tel Aviv with his friends. It’s not fancy, but it’s charming and warm; sometimes his little brother, Ronen, will stay there if he doesn’t want to make the journey late at night to our home north of Haifa. For more than a decade Alon has played piano, and he has an acceptance letter to Rimon School of Music. He loves …

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