Two days after the October 6 attack by Hamas militants on Israel, the psychologist and author Ayelet Gundar-Goshen went on the BBC to describe her family’s situation. She had been due in London to discuss her new novel The Wolf Hunt but news developments forced her to stay home in Tel Aviv.
But she did take a moment to speak to the BBC on the phone and the terms of the discussion struck me particularly forcefully.
While in a state of some anguish about recent events, Ms Gundar-Goshen was able to be clear-eyed about the human impact on all sides.