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A woman weeps over the body of her nephew, who was shot dead by Hamas in the Israeli city of Sderot. (Photo by Baz Ratner via Getty Images)
The former Israeli ambassador to the U.S. explains why yesterday’s Hamas attack ‘might be even worse than 9/11.’
By Bari Weiss
10.08.23 — International
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We have been glued to the news for the past 24 hours, watching the shocking attack by Hamas against innocent Israelis. (Read all of our coverage of the unfolding war here.)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyuahu said that what happened on Saturday—Shabbat and a holiday—“has never been seen before in Israel.” Think about 9/11 and the kind of shock and terror …

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Bari Weiss
Bari Weiss is the founder and editor of The Free Press, host of the podcast Honestly, and editor-in-chief of CBS News. From 2017 to 2020 Weiss was an opinion writer and editor at The New York Times. Before that, she was an op-ed and book review editor at The Wall Street Journal and a senior editor at Tablet magazine.
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