ADDISON, Texas—On Oct. 7, 2023, Sgt. Yoav Tzivoni, an Israeli special forces soldier, was celebrating his birthday on a beach on the Sinai Peninsula, enjoying a morning cup of coffee with his girlfriend.
Twelve hours later, he was preparing for war against the terrorist group Hamas that had savagely raped, tortured, and killed some 1,200 Israeli civilians that day, many of whom attended a music festival.
A month later, while fighting Hamas in the streets of Gaza, he almost died when an explosion blew off his left leg.
Tzivoni told his story exactly a year later to a hushed audience at “A Texas Tribute,” an event honoring Israel and commemorating Oct. 7, 2023….