We are sorry to bring you the sad news of the death of a hero.Itamar Alus, has died from a short illness aged just 41. He leaves behind his wife, 4 children and the dozens of people whose lives he saved on October 7 in Ofakim, Israel. Itamar, a border police officer, was off-duty when he heard gunfire in his home town on the morning of October 7.Sixteen terrorists came to the city that day, planning to murder and take hostages. Thanks to his heroism, and that of his neighbors, all 16 of the terrorists were killed and no hostages were taken. He saved the life of a Rabbi and an IDF soldier by shielding them from gunfire, he saved the life of the Biliya family, who were hiding under the solar panels of a neighbor’s roof. He was brave and he was selfless.We met Itamar when we went to Israel to interview the survivors of that horrible day.That is why we are honored to tell his story in the OCTOBER 7 play. The world needs more Itamars. Itamar’s story is the backbone of the play and we hope that you can come to the Kennedy Center on January 28th to see his heroism on stage. Please go to the link below to get your tickets. And we need your support more than ever. The mainstream media is trying to bully us. CNN and The Washington Post have written, asking if we are cancelling because Trump has declared artistic freedom at the Kennedy Center and lots of other cowards have cancelled.Their threat is clear - cancel the Kennedy Center performance of OCTOBER 7 or we will come after you and your cast and crew. We told them what they could do with their threats! We will be proudly bringing the OCTOBER 7 play to the Kennedy Center. We are bringing true art to spaces where the truth is needed. And Washington really needs the truth right now. You can read our statement here. And Hollywood’s committing suicide but no one seemed to notice. The Golden Globes were at the weekend celebrating movies that no one has ever heard of. Watch this week’s show where we try to find a nominated movie we have actually heard of.And Phelim saw the whole of the loon. Watch the show to find out what that means, and witness Phelim’s X war with an 80's pop icon. Make sure to buy tickets to see OCTOBER 7 the play at the Kennedy Center by going to october7theplay.com(also linked below). And please consider making a donation to the Unreported Story Society so that we can keep bringing OCTOBER 7 the play to audiences around the country, and hopefully around the world. We currently have a matching challenge going on so any donation that you make right now will have double the impact. Please use the link below. We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit so your donation will be tax deductible. And please remember that we love hearing from you so please subscribe to our channel and leave a comment wherever you get our content and you never know, we may read it on the show.Also, as you make your New Year’s resolutions, please consider subscribing to our Substack as one of them. It’s the easiest resolution to fulfill just go to our Stories.io account through the link below. Please go to this link to buy tickets to the play: https://october7theplay.com To donate and take part in our matching challenge please click here: https://secure.anedot.com/unreported-story-society/eoy_2025 To subscribe to our Stories.io substack please click here: https://phelimmcaleer.substack.com