Filmmaker Barry Avrich ‘s latest documentary The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue follows the heroic mission, independently carried out by retired Israeli General Noam Tibon to rescue his son and daughter-in-law, Amir and Miri, and two grandchildren from the kibbutz Nahal Oz near the northern Gaza strip after it was raided by Hamas on the morning of Oct. 7. The peaceful kibbutz which has existed since the 1950s was prone to attack as the Israeli government eased their military presence around the community.

“It’s the biggest failure in the history of the state of Israel,” Amir told CBS News. “Civilians by the hundreds were being massacred by terrorists and nobody came.”

But more than the General making a beeline for his family, was his selfless acts of tending to others on the

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