Israel's Hamas Attack Survivors Find Solace Underwater

Yamit Avital and her husband Benny, survivors of the October 7 Hamas attacks, have found solace in diving (Credit: AFP)

Deep under the Red Sea, a passing Israeli warship could barely be heard as Yamit Avital held her breath and dived, her mind briefly cleared of the trauma of the October 7 Hamas attacks.

"There's a kind of tranquility to the sea, in the deep," Avital said after she emerged from 20 metres (66 feet) under the aquamarine waters of the Gulf of Aqaba, also known in Israel as the Gulf of Eilat.