On October 7, Hamas sought to destroy Jewish life – not just by murdering men, women, and children, but by trying to erase entire communities. Yet as I stood in Kibbutz Nirim, surrounded by our delegation, it was clear Hamas had failed. As part of the National Jewish Assembly’s (NJA) Solidarity Mission to Israel, we visited kibbutzim devastated by the massacre. In Kibbutz Nirim, we met Adele Raemer, a woman of immense strength who lost over 50 people from her community.