FIDF Host Lara Krinsky is joined by Public Diplomacy Expert Ran Bar-Yoshafat to share his experiences including how his day unfolded on October 7, shuffling his wedding, deploying into Gaza, the challenges with logistics of being at war, mental difficulties of being deployed away from family, the IDF's consideration of developing a new type of warfare due to the unique circumstances of ruins in urban Gaza, the amount of ammunition found hidden, his responsibility of preparing other soldiers to fight, and what he took with him when leaving Gaza.

Ran Bar-Yoshafat also answers questions about navigating his own mindset after coming back to being a civilian, the differences of serving before and after October 7, bringing his learnings from Gaza into his professional life, and the difficult conversations that happen during warfare.

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(Recorded 2/7/2024)