This paper examines the trauma Israelis experience personally and collectively due to the catastrophic events of October 7, 2023, and the ensuing war. Ordinary citizens were drawn into this tragedy through family ties, professional roles, and excessive exposure to distressing images. Freud’s concept of “the uncanny” illustrates the unspeakable dread evoked by these events. At the same time, the author acknowledges bereaved Gazans, displaced and humiliated en masse, framing this as a shared tragedy between two devastated peoples. Using literature and analytic perspectives, the paper explores how collective trauma fosters a rigid, narrow mindset, breeding toxicity and laying fertile ground for a fascist state of mind. The paper concludes by questioning how a spiritual stance can be cultivated in such turmoil. The vignette of a bereaved mother illustrates her struggle to adopt a transformative perspective beyond devastation. It highlights transience, reverie, creativity, and infinite potentiality as paths to transcend conflict and restore the wounded Self.