Central Florida's Independent Jewish Voice
Central Florida's Independent Jewish Voice
Participants in the HaGalil Sheli healing program surf on the Mediterranean at Zikim, which came under attack during the Oct. 7, 2023 massacre, Feb. 12, 2026.
(JNS) - ZIKIM, Israel - For nearly a year and a half, Michal Reichter stared at the Mediterranean Sea from her first-line beach home in her southern Israeli agricultural community, but dared not approach.
"The sea is my home, but I would not agree to come near it," said the 46-year-old resident of Kibbutz Zikim, three miles north of Gaza.
The trauma of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attacks, still fresh in her mind even after nine months of being evacuated from her southern Israel home, simply overpowered her.
Now, the same sea that she so feared is healing her fears.
'A beach of rebirth'
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