TEL AVIV: As Israel marks 1,000 days since the Hamas-led Oct.7 massacre, children — many still coping with the psychological effects of the war — are beginning their summer vacation, with some navigating the uncertainties of traveling abroad amid rising antisemitism and others grappling at home with the anxieties of living in a society shaped by nearly three years of war on multiple fronts.Lilach, 47, of Kibbutz Eilon, jut over a mile and a half from Israel's border with Lebanon in the Western Galilee, told Fox News Digital she hopes her children — Yuval, Amit, and Yoni — will finally be able to enjoy a normal summer.During the war, there was always concern about leaving home.
The kids were barely in school and spent most of their time indoors in front of screens," she said."I hope they can now spend time with their friends and enjoy activities together.Tomorrow, Yoni is going to an amusement park.
I just want them to have fun, be with their friends and enjoy being kids again," she added.ISRAEL ANNOUNCES IT KILLED ONE OF THE ARCHITECTS OF THE OCT.7 ATTACKSA woman reacts as the community of Kibbutz Kfar Aza commemorates their members who were killed, taken hostage and who died in captivity, following the deadly Oct.
7, 2023 attack by Hamas terrorists, in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, southern Israel, Oct.16, 2025.
(Hannah McKay/Reuters)Since the COVID-19 pandemic began in early 2020, Lilach said, her children have had only one uninterrupted year of school."It was hard.They would start school, attend for a month or two, then classes would stop because of the war with Iran or fighting with Lebanon, and then resume.
It was difficult to get back into a routine each time.It felt like starting a new school year over and over again," she said.People take shelter as Iran launched missiles and drones towards Israel following the US-Israeli attacks.
( Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images)Despite the repeated disruptions, Lilach said her daughter Amit graduated from hi...