Ofakim (Avraham, is the brother of Israel Chana. A civilian who saved a whole neighborhood in Ofakim on October 7th) “On the early morning of the 7th of October, my brother, Israel, celebrated his thirties birthday with his girlfriend Shahaf and our sister Aviva. I never thought that this would be his farewell party from us. Around six O’clock in the morning, my brother came back home from the party to Ofakim, He and Shahaf took out his beloved dog Marley for a walk in the park and it didn’t take long until they started to see explosions and interceptions of rockets in the sky. They realized they had to run for shelter so they came back home but then Israel heard gunshots in our neighborhood and he realized that this was not just another round of rockets. This was something different. Israel worked as a private security guard for a bank so he took his pistol and ...
“On the morning of October 7th, we woke up and heard the horrible news from the south. Sagi jumped out of our bed, and in a few minutes, we were already at the door saying goodbye. He kissed me on the lips and assured me that he would return home soon. He told me not to worry, in two weeks we are getting married. I made a deal with Sagi that every hour we would send each other a heart emoji so I would know he was safe. When the hearts stopped coming, I knew something bad had happened. I turned to our wedding guest list and started reaching out to all of his friends from the army hoping I would be able to get any information about why Sagi was not answering me. I was hoping he was just busy, or injured. When the officers knocked on my door, ...