"We were together and ministers and ministers, and we were together, as they were together"

An interview with the mothers of Roni Eshel and Yael Leibushor, female observation soldiers who fell at Nahal Oz, ahead of the third TEA TIME festival in their memory. They describe the pain, longing, coping with depression, and the festival as a moment of legitimacy for joy and shared memory.

Sharon Eshel, mother of the late Roni Eshel, and Gili Leibushor, mother of the late Yael Leibushor, are interviewed ahead of the third TEA TIME festival in memory of the 18 female observation soldiers and female combat support operators who fell at Nahal Oz. The festival was born out of a Friday ritual the girls created for themselves, which included cooking and music. Eshel describes her internal dialogue with joy, the severe depression she fell into, and the communications with Roni that give her strength. Leibushor speaks about the fear of blurring the memory and the association "Their Voice," which aims to continue amplifying the voice of the female observation soldiers who warned and were not listened to. The festival, which will take place four days before the elections, does not touch on politics and is defined as a shared voice of a people that knows how to be together.