When Hamas Invaded, He Ran Toward the Gunfire

KFAR AZA, Israel—The morning of Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas attacked, Israeli reserve Master Sgt. Omri Michaeli didn’t wait for orders to report. The veteran reserve commando kissed his girlfriend goodbye and headed to his base outside Jerusalem. “Don’t worry,” Mr. Michaeli, 35, who’d been wounded twice previously, told her. “Lightning doesn’t strike three times.” At the base, he quickly loaded weapons in his car, teamed up with three buddies who were good to go, and drove south. To kill the terrorists who were killing Israelis. He died that day at Kfar Aza, a kibbutz ravaged by Hamas. He died doing what he was very good at doing: clearing apartments occupied by hostiles. He’d done it hundreds of times....