I Left My News Career and Walked Into a War Zone

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The day after Becca Solomon walked away from her career in TV news, everything changed.

In September 2023, she made the difficult decision to leave a profession she loved. The next day, she flew to Israel to celebrate the High Holidays with family and friends.

Then came the October 7th attacks in Israel — including the attack on the Nova Music Festival.

Becca found herself outside Tel Aviv — hearing sirens, unable to leave, and living through days of uncertainty in a way that felt completely foreign, yet all too real.

She shares what those days were like, what it revealed about life there, and what came after — returning home, processing trauma, and navigating the silence that followed.

This is a conversation about survival, identity, and what it takes to heal after everything changes.

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