In a Moment of Darkness, Young Israeli Couple Chooses Light

With their wedding date set for just two days after the horrifying Hamas attack on Israel, a young bride and groom had to decide whether to celebrate.

Aaron and Tamar Greene were married on a Jerusalem rooftop in Israel on Oct. 9, 2023, two days after Hamas terrorists massacred 1,200 Israelis and foreigners. Courtesy of Aaron Greene

On Oct. 7, Israel endured the worst attack against the Jewish people since the Holocaust. That day, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared the nation to be at war against Hamas. Hundreds of thousands of reservists were called up to active duty.

Some went into battle immediately against the Hamas terrorists still holding out on Israeli soil near Gaza. It was where they had ravaged kibbutzim and brutally murdered 1,200 Israelis and foreigners—most of them unarmed civilians—and kidnapped more than 200.