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Tuvia Book

International Speaker, Author, Educator, Tour-Guide, Artist, Zionist

Nov 2, 2026, 5:01 PM

Lessons from The Forgotten War: 70 Years Since the Sinai Campaign

IDF troops entering the Sinai during "Operation Kadesh," 1956. (Photo ©️ IDF, 2026)

Ask most Israelis about the Six-Day War and you will get a story. Ask about the Yom Kippur War and you may get tears. Ask about 1956 and you are likely to get a pause. This year marks 70 years...

Oct 31, 2026, 10:35 PM

How Israel Cut Battlefield Deaths by More Than Half

My IDF Palmar unit medivacing a wounded soldier from Gaza. Photo ©️ T. Book, 2026

Some statistics are easy to skim past. This is not one of them. During the Second Lebanon War in 2006, roughly 15% of Israeli soldiers wounded in combat died of their injuries. In the current war, that figure is 7.1%....

Oct 14, 2026, 3:04 PM

Out of the Worst of Wars, a Better Way to Save a Life

Helicopter evacuation of wounded in Gaza. Photo ©️ Amit Agronov, 2026

When most people picture military medicine, they picture a tent. Perhaps they think of MASH*, the television series named for the Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, a model that made sense for Korea and Vietnam. The wounded were brought to...

Oct 4, 2026, 11:47 AM

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October 7: What I wrote then, and what I know now

PALMAR rescue in the rain. (Photo ©️ Tuvia Book, 2026)

Three years later, I look back at Kfar Aza and Be'eri, the soldiers beside me, and what this war has taught me about courage, loss and who we are

Oct 3, 2026, 7:56 PM

Three Years, One Unit: The October 7 War Through a Combat Medic’s Eyes

On October 7, 2023, at 6:29 a.m., sirens shattered a quiet morning. I assumed it was another routine rocket attack. Within minutes, the reports made clear it was anything but. I still can't believe three years have passed since the...

Oct 2, 2026, 1:32 PM

Isaiah: The Prophet Behind the Scroll

The author/soldier with his book "Jewish Journeys, The First Temple Period" (Koren: 2025). Photo ©️ T. Book, 2026

The Israel Museum in Jerusalem is concluding a remarkably successful exhibition, "A Voice from the Desert: The Great Isaiah Scroll." For the first time in almost 60 years, the public has seen the complete scroll, more than seven meters...

Sep 27, 2026, 9:43 AM

Through the Soldier’s Eyes: Disproving the Four ‘GAWP’ Libels Against Israel

KIbbutz Be'eri, October 2023, Photo ©️ T. Book, 2026

In the flood of accusations levelled at Israel since October 7th, four words get thrown around constantly, and understood correctly almost never: "Genocide," "Apartheid," "War Crimes," and "Proportionality" — GAWP. Virtue-signalling activists, filmmakers like the two behind "NAZA," B-grade...

Sep 22, 2026, 2:27 PM

By the Book: What the Laws of War Actually Say About the IDF

Me (left) and members of my IDF combat medical extraction unit (Palmar) inside Gaza. Photo ©️ 2026, T. Book.

In the flood of accusations levelled at Israel since October 7th, from NAZA to Sheeran, two phrases get thrown around constantly, and understood correctly almost never: "war crimes" and "proportionality." It is worth pausing to ask what that terms...

Sep 20, 2026, 5:00 PM

What 1973 Still Teaches Us About National Survival

Merkava tank on the Gaza border. Photo ©️ T. Book, 2026

This week, Israel marks fifty-three years since the Yom Kippur War, and the anniversary lands with a weight it has never carried before, because on October 7, 2023, we watched history repeat itself with terrible precision. Fifty years apart, on...

Sep 17, 2026, 3:33 PM

NAZA Lies Through an IDF Soldier’s Eyes

Wounded IDF soldier being medivaced to safety. Photo ©️ A. Agronov , 2026

I have knelt in the sand of Gaza with a dying soldier's blood on my hands. I have served in Lebanon, in Judea and Samaria, and now, since October 7th, for hundreds of days on the front lines with...

About Me

Dr. Tuvia Book is an international speaker, educator, author, licensed tour guide and longtime IDF reservist. He currently serves in a PALMAR medical combat search-and-rescue unit and is the author of "Heroes of Palmar: How One IDF Unit Revolutionized Combat Medicine in Gaza" (Gefen, 2026). He is also the author of "For the Sake of Zion: A Curriculum of Israel Studies" and the "Jewish Journeys" series (Koren). www.booktuvia.com. insta: @thebookoftuvia