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“He Was Supposed to Be Home in Hours": Eilat Widow Remembers Her Husband Itamar, 3 Years After October 7th; Israel Daily News; Mon. Oct 5, 2026
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Three years after the October 7th massacre, the Israel Daily News is marking the anniversary by sitting down with the widows of the men who ran toward the fight. Our guest is Alma from Eilat. Her husband Itamar was a high school math teacher, a devoted dad to Uri and Ayala, and the sniper commander of Lotar Eilat, the city's counter-terror reserve unit. On October 7th he rushed to the Gaza border communities and fought to save lives. Over the next year he went into Gaza seven times. Alma shares their love story...
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Welcome to the Israel Daily News Podcast. I'm your host Shanna Fold and I'm here to get you caught up quickly. We are now in 5787 in the Hebrew calendar and as we approach three years since October 7th, we're doing a short series to commemorate this momentous time.
We are interviewing the widows of the war. we found today's guest through the IDF Widows and Orphans organization. Alma Levin Friedman is a 34-year-old PhD student
in sociology from Eilat and a mom of two. Her husband, Major Reservist Itamar Levin Friedman was a teacher and he served in the IDF's Eilat-based counter-terror unit called Lotar.
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