Grief and normalcy collide: Israel mourns as school year begins - analysis
The impact of all of this on the national psyche is profound.
Mourners react as they pay their respects to Yoram Metzger, one of the six hostages whose bodies were retrieved from Gazan captivity and brought to Israel in a military operation, at his funeral in Kibbutz Nir Oz, southern Israel, August 22, 2024.(photo credit: REUTERS/FLORION GOGA)ByHERB KEINONUpdated: