Meytal Ofer is Israeli and grew up on a moshav. In October 2013, Meytal’s father, Sraya “Yaya” Ofer, a former senior officer in the Israeli Defense Forces, was brutally murdered by two Palestinians as a gift to Hamas prisoners for Eid al-Adha. A year later, Meytal sought to come to terms with her grief and anger by joining the Parents Circle – Families Forum, in the hopes that no one on either side of the conflict will experience the pain of loss.