War Sparked By Oct. 7 Attacks Enters Second Month JERUSALEM - NOVEMBER 09: Fellow border police officers, friends, and soldiers grieve for US-born Border Police Officer Rose Ida Lubin, 20-years-old during her funeral at Mount Herzel on November 9, 2023 in Jerusalem. Lubin, who moved to Israel in 2021 from Atlanta to served as a ‘lone soldier’ lived at Kibbutz Sa’ad near the Gaza border and according to reports worked to protect the kibbutz when it was attacked on Oct 7 before rescuing people at other kibbutzim and communities that were being attacked. On Monday, Lubin was critically injured, and succumbed to her wounds after being stabbed by a 16-year-old boy, who stabbed her and another officer, during a terror attack in Jerusalem. The attacker was shot at by border police officers afterwards. The term lone solider refers to people serving in Israel’s security forces without parents in Israel, or who are no longer in touch with their parents/guardians for various reasons. A month after Hamas's Oct. 7 attacks that left 1,400 dead and over 240 held hostage, Israel has maintained a relentless bombardment of the Gaza Strip and launched a ground invasion to vanquish the militant group that governs the Palestinian territory. The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza said that over 10,000 people have died in Gaza during the war, while the IDF has reported the deaths of several dozen Israeli soldiers. (Photo by Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images) (Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)