News Correspondent Recounts Trauma of October 7th

News 12 correspondent Almog Boker shared a deeply personal and painful account of his experience waking up at 6:29 AM on October 7th, three years after the Hamas attack. In a post on his X account, Boker described the heavy burden he carries, recalling the sounds of heavy air traffic and gunfire from combat helicopters that reminded him of the horrific events of that day. He spoke of the friends he lost who fought heroically for hours and did not survive, and the feeling of helplessness as he tried to offer false hope to those trapped, telling them "they are on their way" and "the forces will be here soon." Boker vividly described the terror of residents hiding from terrorists in their homes and fighting for their lives in safe rooms for hours. He concluded his post with a single word: "Sorry." The correspondent has been a vocal critic of the political and military leadership regarding security policy in the Gaza border region since the October 7th massacre. Boker repeatedly warns against returning to the dangerous "conception" of containment and turning a blind eye to provocations on the border prior to the war. His current remarks come against the backdrop of what he perceives as a gap between government declarations of dismantling Hamas and removing the threat to southern residents, and the tense reality on the ground where terrorists continue to challenge the borders and test the alertness of IDF forces.