As we mentioned at the top of the show, the world is paying tribute to those killed on October 7th.

In Israel, many of today's moments of silence were reportedly interrupt by the sound of explosions.

As the Israeli military carries out airstrikes across the border in Gaza.

For the dozens of hostages still in captivity and their families, there's no end in sight to the struggle.

Yehuda Beinin knows it well.

The Philadelphia born Israeli American grew up in central Jersey, but he's lived in Israel for the last 50 years.

His daughter Elliot and her husband Aviva, were kidnaped by Hamas during the rampage last year.

The yard was released after two months of captivity, but of these was killed.

It's a sorrow that the family lives with, even as they speak out about the way this war's being handled.

Yehuda Beinin joins us now from Kibbutz Shomron in the north of Israel, about 18 miles from the Lebanon border.

Yehuda, thank you so much for talking today.

I think it's worth noting that you're joining us right now from Israel in your bomb shelter of your home.

I'm wondering why that is, and if there have been any air raids or things like that that you've experienced in these last 24 hours.

Well, first of all, thank you for having me.

I appreciate the opportunity to share my experiences with you.

Very.

Today, my wife and I were keeping 10.

There was a memorial ceremony for all of the keepers members there that had been killed last October 7th.

That number is 54 members of these groups.

And there are still 29 members of the kibbutz who were being held captive across.

So we were with our daughter and grandchildren on the way home.

In the center of the country, there were a number of air raids, what we call code red.

And, so I was we were delayed because we had to get out to stop the car, get out of the car and lie down.

And at the same time, I understand that there were also air raids in the Western Galilee, which is where we live.

When people should not, you know, not going, not read.

So in order not to interrupt the interview, I decided to just set up in the bomb shelter.

And it was an air raid, so I don't have to scramble into the bombs.

Your family, it goes without saying, has had an unfathomable experience.

Your daughter, is alive after being held captive.

But your son in law is not.

Is there any way to describe what these last 365 days have been like for your family, and also for so many others?

I think the best way to describe I can't speak for other people.

I think I can speak for myself and my wife to some degree.

But we were, we were, we are, we are suffering.

I guess what would best be defined is, ongoing low level depression over the loss of of these.

These was a wonderful father.

He was a wonderful mechanic.

He was a wonderful artist.

And his loss is a tremendous loss.

To his would, to his family, for sure.

And, it's just it's unfathomable that he's not with us.

And it's very depressing.

But together with that, my daughter and I and our grandchildren, have displayed incredible resilience in the face of this loss.

So I'm happy to say that, principal, we're all functioning.

My daughter is certainly functioning very well.

She was.

Continuing her work as a history and civics teacher in high school.

And she's continuing her work as it's regarding that.

You have, been very vocal about the the politics involved here, the U.S. involvement.

You've met with members of Congress.

In fact, you had President Biden's ear.

Not long after the attacks.

How do you think Israeli leadership has handled this conflict?

And, especially the situation around the hostages?

I think that the I would like to expand the question because it's not as simple the answer of was, first of all, in a sentence.

The answer is not very well.

There are too many things going on in this life.

That.

Well, his decision.

There are too many things that go to define his, political efforts that are, in my opinion, and the opinion of a lot of other people, rather despicable.

I think that it's clear to everyone that October 7th was a colossal failure for the IDF.

The intelligence services.

I think the issue to that was also a colossal failure.

To find out whose concept which which included the idea that Palestinian issue could be handled in some way and without addressing the underlying desire of Palestinians for, for, self-respect, for, for, self-determination, the things that, he that Antonio would certainly had no problem claiming for the Jewish citizens.

So there's a, a a, cognitive dissonance, the one hand, and clearly, the whole concept between companions, in your ship for the last 15 years came crashing down.

By the same token, it was clear that the Hamas has made some colossal errors of judgment in their praising, Israel and Israeli society and, for me, it seems that both leaders are leading their respective peoples down a path that leads to nowhere.

It seems that far too many people are caught up, in some kind of religious motive has become, their political agenda.

And this is just a shame.

There needs to be an alternative.

So this is what I.

This is what I'm, involved in working towards that.

And I'll tell you, there are a surprisingly very large number of people both in Israel and in principle, who are in favor of this kind of approach, who are really fed up with the leadership.

Now, we had majorities.

No, we have majorities, but we are not in together.

And so there's hope.

There's hope that that, we are able to pull this off at some point.

Yehuda Beinin, thank you so much for your time.

A very thoughtful response there.

Thank you.