Less than three weeks ago, Iran launched its first-ever direct attack on Israel from its own territory. The mullahs fired 30 cruise missiles, 120 ballistic missiles, and 170 drones in a massive attack in an escalating series of retaliations for Iran’s role in supporting Hamas and Hezbollah operations against Israel. A coalition of forces and Israel’s Iron Dome defenses parried almost all of these attacks, but the scope of the attack had the region on edge.
One of our friends happened to be there at the time, a few hours after a performance on behalf of the hostage families. Five for Fighting’s John Ondrasik first alerted me to this when he texted me a photo of the performance, and just after he’d posted a video clip on Twitter that included his stirring speech about the moment at hand:
Humbled to perform “OK (We Are Not OK)” at Hostage Square, in Tel Aviv, hours before Iran’s attack…
