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In the raucous U.S. debate over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Sam Fried offers a rare on-the-ground assessment — from the very front lines of the brutal fight in Gaza. The New York native, who had already volunteered to serve a two-year hitch with the Israeli Defense Forces as a paratrooper that ended in 2022, recalls that he was visiting friends in the city when Hamas launched its Oct. 7, 2023 rampage into southern Israel that killed more than 1,200 people — mostly civilians — while taking hundreds of others hostage. (Photo courtesy of Sam Fried)

In the raucous U.S. debate over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Sam Fried offers a rare on-the-ground assessment — from the very front lines of the brutal fight in Gaza. The New York native, who had already volunteered to serve a two-year hitch with the Israeli Defense Forces as a paratrooper that ended in 2022, recalls that he was visiting friends in the city when Hamas launched its Oct. 7, 2023 rampage into southern Israel that killed more than 1,200 people — mostly civilians — while taking hundreds of others hostage. (Photo courtesy of Sam Fried)

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