And on that October day, waves of evil engulfed southern Israel. It was a day of bloodshed and destruction, as anti-Zionism and antisemitism reinforced each other; a day of elders slaughtered and toddlers kidnapped, of partygoers mowed down and synagogue-goers’ corpses desecrated. It was a day that imposed unspeakable traumas on thousands of survivors who, though lucky to be alive, will carry the emotional and physical scars with them to their last breaths.