The Israeli public finds itself in grief and shock, but many pledge allegiance to war effort

Antonio Macías' mother cries over her son's body covered with the Israeli flag at Pardes Haim cemetery in Kfar Saba, near Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023. Macias was killed by Hamas militants while attending a music festival in southern Israel earlier this month. The Israeli public is in a state of shock a week after Hamas militants launched an unprecedented attack on Israel, killing scores of Israelis in border communities and kidnapping roughly 150 civilians. As families grieve the dead and agonize over the missing, many also pledge allegiance to the war effort, falling in line behi…