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The Gates of Gaza A Story of Betrayal, Survival, and Hope in Israel’s Borderlands

Amir Tibon

Winner of the National Jewish Book Award | Winner of the Bernstein Prize On the morning of October 7, Amir Tibon and his wife were awakened by mortar rounds exploding near their home in Kibbutz Nahal Oz, a progressive Israeli community less than a mile from Gaza City.

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The Ezra Klein Show

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The Ezra Klein Show

It was described as an English narrative about journalist Amir Tibon and his father's rescue of him during the Oct.7 attack, presented as a fascinating and moving story.

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Well, first of all, I'd like to recommend you The Gates of Gaza. The Gates of Gaza is in English, is the story of Amir Tibun. Amir Tibun is an Israeli journalist, the son of General Tibun. And the sto...

— Episode: Ehud Olmert on Israel's Catastrophic War...

Episode: Ehud Olmert on Israel's Catastrophic War in Gaza

It was described as an English narrative about journalist Amir Tibon and his father's rescue of him during the Oct.7 attack, presented as a fascinating and moving story.

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Well, first of all, I'd like to recommend you The Gates of Gaza. The Gates of Gaza is in English, is the story of Amir Tibun. Amir Tibun is an Israeli journalist, the son of General Tibun. And the story is how his father is a general commander of the Israeli ground forces in the past, reserve general, on the 7th of October, when he understood that his son is in Kibbutz Nachal Oz, which was invaded by the Palestinians. He took his wife and a gun, and he went down and saved his son. And the whole story about what happened and how it happened is a fascinating and moving story.

Today, Explained

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Today, Explained

The book was referenced in discussions about the Palestinian state and a potential Gaza ceasefire, with journalist Amir Tibon introducing it as his personal account of his family's experience on October 7 and the broader Israeli‑Palestinian conflict. Both hosts noted the title as Tibon's recent work, using it to provide context for the topics being debated.

Episode: A Palestinian state

This book, published a year prior to the discussion, detailed the author's own family's story from October 7th and provided historical context on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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I'm Amir Tibon. I'm a journalist with the Israeli newspaper Haaretz and author of the book The Gates of Gaza, which was published exactly a year ago and details my own family's story of October 7 and the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The Gates of Gaza is his book.

Episode: Can Trump get a Gaza ceasefire?

This book was written by Amir Tibon after he survived the Hamas attack on his kibbutz near the Gaza border on October 7th.

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after which Amir wrote the book The Gates of Gaza.

He's also the author of The Gates of Gaza.

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