Golan’s Story

<p><i>Warning: this episode contains descriptions of death.</i></p><p>In the week since Israel suffered the deadliest day in its modern history, fresh accounts have emerged in village after village of just how extreme and widespread the violence was.</p><p>Today we hear the story of one man at the epicenter of that violence: Golan Abitbul, a resident of Kibbutz Be’eri, where more than 100 civilians were killed.</p><p>Guest: Golan Abitbul, a resident of Kibbutz Be’eri, in southern Israel.</p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>Video:<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/middleeast/100000009124371/israel-gaza-missing-mother-zeigan-silver.html?smid=pc-thedaily"> a son’s conversation with his mother</a> as gunmen attacked her kibbutz.</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/10/11/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-hamas-attack-timeline.html?smid=pc-thdaily">The long wait for help</a> as massacres unfolded in Israel.</li><li>Follow<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/10/13/world/israel-gaza-war-hamas?smid=pc-thedaily"> the latest updates on the Israel-Hamas war</a>.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. </p>