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Naor, who was shot several times in the abdomen, is steadfast about fulfilling his dream of establishing a space industry in the Negev. Mordechai, who was hit by a missile that crushed 11 of his 12 pairs of ribs, gets the strength for the hard work of rehabilitation from playing the violin. And Yonatan, who was on the first bulldozer that entered Gaza to make way for other troops, smiles as he takes his first step on one remaining leg.

He created the impression of wanting to get closer to Israel, and even met with Herzog and Netanyahu, but then came the October 7 massacre that had the Turkish president revert to the position of supporting terrorist organizations.

According to one expert who spoke with Israel Hayom, the analogy doesn't stand up. "First, even if Gaza is totally defeated and occupied at the end of the war, it is only a small part of the Arab world. Jihad, jihadists, political Islam and Islamists will continue to exist and thrive elsewhere, both in the Arab world and the wider Middle East."

In an exclusive Israel Hayom interview, the guards and commanders in charge of a prison facility where Hamas terrorists are incarcerated share what it is like to work in close proximity with the people who committed atrocities that the national psyche still struggles to comprehend. "On the outside, I have a poker face, but inside my soul is in turmoil," one of them shares.

In an initiative coordinated by the Health Ministry and Nefesh B’Nefesh, hundreds of physicians fly to Israel to help those in need in the aftermath of Oct. 7. Most of them are Jewish, and some are world-renowned specialists, who were willing to leave their lucrative jobs, families and children behind in order to come to Israel and boost the medical system.