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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Emma Graham-Harrison

A year of war accelerates ‘silent departure’ of Israel’s elite

A child with a woman look at a table of photographs and tributes on a street
Photographs and mementoes of Israeli hostages in Tel Aviv. Photograph: Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters

This summer, the Nobel laureate Prof Aaron Ciechanover joined a group of prominent Israelis gathered in the ruins of the Nir Oz kibbutz to demand a hostage release and ceasefire deal.

Nir Oz was the worst hit of all the communities targeted by Hamas on 7 October, with a quarter of its residents kidnapped or killed. Twenty-nine are still in Gaza.

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