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    How Jewish-Palestinian couples cope with a war that hits too close to home

    The children sat in the back seat of the car as their parents spoke in code. Mya Guarnieri Jaradat and her ex-husband, Mohamed Jaradat, spoke in snippets of English and Arabic. Sensing something was amiss as they headed to the beach, their 7-year-old daughter asked what was wrong. "There's a war in Israel," Mya said. "Who are they fighting?" their daughter asked. Mya is an American Israeli who ...
    by Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times Oct 14, 2023 8 minutes
    In the days since Israel declared war after a devastating attack by Hamas, Lana Khoury, left, and Jon Greene, a Palestinian-Jewish couple living in San Diego, have been processing the toll together, here at home on Oct. 10, 2023.

    The children sat in the back seat of the car as their parents spoke in code.

    Mya Guarnieri Jaradat and her ex-husband, Mohamed Jaradat, spoke in snippets of English and Arabic. Sensing something was amiss as they headed to the beach, their 7-year-old daughter asked what was wrong.

    "There's a war in Israel," Mya said.

    "Who are they fighting?" their daughter asked.

    Mya is an American Israeli who grew up in Gainesville, Florida. Mohamed is Palestinian. For the last nine years, they have lived in Florida.

    They were quiet for a moment as the little girl waited.

    Finally, it was Mohamed who spoke: "The Palestinians."

    The day before, fighters from the Palestinian militant group Hamas had executed a surprise cross-border attack by land, sea and air — the deadliest attack on Israel in 50 years.

    More than 1,300 Israelis and 1,900 Palestinians — including many children — have been killed since Hamas fighters attacked southern Israel on Saturday and the Netanyahu government declared war in response. In Israel, Hamas gunmen killed more than 250 civilians at a music festival and took others hostage. In the Gaza Strip, residential neighborhoods were flattened beyond recognition by Israeli bombardment.

    The carnage continues with no end in sight.

    The conflict in the Middle East has shaped Mya and

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