Jan Egeland and Ayelet Gundar-Goshen discuss the Israeli Defense Forces' local raids in Gaza to search for hostages. They also delve into the trauma experienced by Israelis, the challenges of processing ongoing trauma, the impact of social media, and the need to defeat extremism for lasting peace in the Middle East.

Ayelet Gundar-Goshen, author of The Wolf Hunt, discusses themes of the American Dream, relationship dynamics, motivations, aggression in detective stories, and the allure of train travel in novels.