The war in Gaza, which is still ongoing, took Israel by total surprise, when Hamas militants invaded small towns and Kibbutzim enveloping the Gaza Strip and committed unspeakable atrocities against civilians inhabiting them. In response, Israel launched a massive counterattack. The fighting is still going on, displacing and killing thousands on both sides. Numerous stories of courageous acts, which took place at the beginning of this war, caught the authors’ attention. These acts sent them to revisit Kohut’s thought about Tragic Man, nuclear self, empathy, and courage. Presenting two testimonies of such courageous acts, the authors weigh the role of empathy and solidarity (which they add) embedded in them and draw the parallel between them and the courageous historical and literary figures addressed by Kohut. The testimonies also demonstrate how courageous deeds, vis-à-vis tragically mortal danger, constitute the fulfilment of the nuclear self.