Ditsa Or: A Mother's Fight for Avinatan, Held Hostage in Gaza Since October 7th

Life Before October 7th

• 💡 Ditsa Or was a mother of seven, a psychology teacher, and a therapist living in Shiloh.
• 🎨 She enjoyed art and design, working in clothes and event design, and creating Torah scroll covers.
• 🧘‍♀️ She deeply valued silence and the desert, a stark contrast to her current public role.

The Day Avinatan Was Kidnapped

• 🚨 On October 7th, Ditsa learned her son, Avinatan, was kidnapped from the Nova festival.
• 💔 The news was a "deletion" of her former self, plunging her into a "darkness of consciousness."
• ❓ She struggled with the concept of kidnapping, a new and unknown horror for her family.

Connecting with Her Son

• 🧘‍♀️ Ditsa sought to mentally connect with Avinatan, initially finding only silence.
• 🌳 After two weeks, she began to "see" him in her garden, first in distress, then standing, and eventually with a tallit and tefillin, symbolizing his inner strength.
• 🙏 She feels Avinatan's physical presence during difficult moments, believing they are connected spiritually.

Strategies for Resilience

• 🛡️ Ditsa actively filters external media, avoiding graphic videos to protect her mental state.
• 💪 She works to maintain a high spiritual frequency of faith and hope, believing it strengthens Avinatan.
• 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Her family's collective support and a belief in a larger story of redemption provide immense strength.

Noa Argamani's Rescue and Its Impact

• 🎶 Ditsa had a premonition, singing a Shabbat song about redeeming captives just before Noa Argamani's rescue.
• 😢 Noa's return brought immense joy mixed with profound sorrow for Avinatan's continued absence.
• 🤝 Meeting Noa confirmed Avinatan's courageous choice to stay with her and revealed Noa's strength, though Noa had no information about Avinatan after their separation.

Current Reality and Future Hope

• 😔 Nine months later, the situation feels increasingly difficult, like constant, small, painful blows.
• 💔 She expresses disappointment in national disunity and leadership, which she believes deepens the crisis.
• 🌟 Ditsa maintains faith in divine power and views the current challenges as a process of clarifying Israel's national identity and purpose.