Shalom. You probably don't know me. I doubt that you have time to read Haaretz in Gaza. I have a faint hope that perhaps your parents or acquaintances can find a way to get this letter to you, even though it's not an easy one to read or write. You also don't know yet that you'll become the 900th soldier to die.

Subscribe now for on-the-ground reporting and analysis

Already signed up? Log inOrRegister to get up to 6 articles per month

Already signed up? Log in

Or