May 15, 2025

October 7

It started like any ordinary Saturday morning...

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It started like any ordinary Saturday morning in southern Israel. Families were still waking up. Children played. There was a music festival in the desert—people dancing under the early sun.
But just after dawn… a sound tore through the calm.

These are three stories from Kibbutz Be'eri taking place on October 7th.

Audio sourced from:
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Tapes from the Dark Side contains descriptions of violence and sexuality.

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Listener discretion is advised. It started like any ordinary Saturday

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morning in southern Israel. Families were still waking up, children played.

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There was a music festival in the desert, people dancing

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under the early sun. But just after dawn, a sound

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tore through the calm. Thousands of rockets fired from the

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Gaza Strip overwhelmed Israel's Iron Dome defense system. Cities and

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towns across the south were hit. People ran for cover,

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confusus and spreading faster than the blasts themselves. And then

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something no one expected, motorized paragliders, small, silent carrying armed militants.

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It was a surreal scene to behold dozens of Hamas

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fighters soaring over the border wall, empowered gliders dropping into

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israel territory with deadly precision. At the same time, others

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breached the border fence on the ground, storming into towns

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and villages. They attacked homes, kidnapped civilians, and gun down

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festival goers who had nowhere to run. The scenes were brutal, devastating,

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and broadcasts across the world in real time. Hamas themselves

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had recorded the damage they had done. They wore go

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pros and carried cameras with them. They wanted everyone to

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know of the atrocities they committed that day, and by

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the time the day was over, over one thousand lives

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were lost, Entire communities were shattered. Israel launched a full

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scale military response, beginning what would become one of the

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most intense escalations in the region in decades. October seventh

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wasn't just an attack. It was a turning point, a

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moment where everything changed, and the ripple effects are still

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being felled across the Middle East. Today we will be

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examining the attack on one Israeli village, or more accurately

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called a kibbutz. Before we dive in, I want to

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explain what exactly is a kibbutz. But before we even

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do that, I want to offer a brief disclaimer. While

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today's focus will be on the events of October seventh,

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I want to make it clear that this is not

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an attempt to downplay or ignore the terror faced by

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Palestinian civilians, nor is in an excuse for the atrocities

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committed by Israe leadership against Palestinians. I fully acknowledge the pain, loss,

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and suffering experienced by them as well, and in a

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later episode we may even dive into their complex history

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and trauma. So what is a kibbutz? The term kibbutz

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comes from the Hebrew word for gathering. Kibbutzim are a

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distinct form of communal living found only in Israel, with

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around two hundred and seventy of them scattered throughout the country.

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At their core, these kibbutzim function like small towns, typically

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home to between one hundred and one thousand people. Traditionally

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they're based on collective farming, but many have evolved to

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focus on modern industries and even tourism. Kibbutzim are deeply

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rooted in Socialists and Marxist principles of communal life. The

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early kibbutzim represented bold experiments in radical democracy. Living in

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a kibbutz offers a unique blend of community, routine, and

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shared responsibility. A typical day might begin with an early

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breakfast in the communal dining hall, followed by a few

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hours of work, perhaps in agriculture, a local factory, or

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running guest accommodations. Afternoons might include shared childcare duties, study,

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or even leisure time with people gathering for coffee or

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a swim at the communal pool. Evenings often involve community events, music,

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or casual gatherings under the stars. Daily life is very

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much shaped by cooperation, a slower pace, and a strong

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sense of belonging. Kibbutzen be Erie, which is the one

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we will be focusing on today, is located in southern Israel,

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near the Gaza border, and was established officially on October sixth,

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nineteen forty six, as part of of the Eleven Points

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of the Negev initiative. Founded by members of a youth movement,

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the kibbutz was later joined by Jewish immigrants from Iraq,

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including survivors of the nineteen forty one Farhud pogrim in Baghdad.

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The Farhud was a violent anti Jewish pogram that took

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place in Baghdad in nineteen forty one, during which hundreds

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of Jews were killed or injured and homes and businesses

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were looted and destroyed amid a brief pro Nazi coup

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in Iraq. In its early years, be Erie focused on

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land reclamation and agriculture. Over time, it's developed a robust economy,

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notably through its printing press, which became a significant source

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of income. The views of people living in Israeli kibbutzim,

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especially near the Gaza Strip, are nuanced and shaped by

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decades of both idealism and trauma. They were supposed to

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be places of peace, quiet, communal, idealistic. The kibutzim of

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southern Israel, just miles from the Gaza Strip, stood for

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something rare in this region, hope. For decades, these collective

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communities clung to a vision, a vision of coexistence, of dialogue,

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of peace. These were not frontline soldiers. They were farmers, teachers,

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peace activists, people who had long spoken up for Palestinian rights,

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people who believed in humanity. But now everything had changed.

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Before the attack, many in the kibbutzim opposed net Nyahu's

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hardline policies. They spoke out against Israeli occupation of the

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West Bank. Some had even worked side by side with

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Palestinians from Gaza, employing them, supporting them, even sharing holidays.

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Before the blockade, these people or the bridge, But now

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that bridge was about to be set on fire. Before

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we dive into the meat of today's story, I want

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Part one, The Baker Family.

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It was five point fifty seven am on a Saturday morning.

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The sky was just beginning to brighten, the haze of

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twilight engulf the town. The air was still. At the

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entrance to Kibbutz ba Arie, a yellow the metal gate

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stood closed behind it, a quiet village still waking, And

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then it began armed Hamas militants arrived. Suddenly they were

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at the yellow gate, automatic rifles slung across their chests

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Kalishnikov's or also known as Ak forty seven's. One of

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them smashed the window of the guard station with the

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butt of his gun. The booth was empty, and he

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climbed inside. Another attacker lay camouflaged in the nearby trees,

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hidden waiting. Approximately twenty seconds later, a dark race sedan

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approached the gate. Inside was Ben, a yahoo Bitan twenty

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two years old, and two of his friends. They had

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spent the night dancing at a rave just two miles away,

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but now the rave was under attack and they were fleeing.

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They looked terrified. They were trying to find safety. They

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thought they'd found it at the entrance to bey Arie,

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but their lives were tragically about to come to an end.

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As the gate had begun to slide open. Benayahu didn't

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see the second gunman stepped from the shadows. He didn't

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see the rifle raised, bullets tore into the car. Bena

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Yahoo jerked in his seat and then went still. His

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friends also lifeless beside him, and then the car crept forward,

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ghost like through the open gate. It rolled twenty yards

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into the kibbutz and then stopped. Three young lives gone

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in an instant, and with that the massacre of bee

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Arie had begun. Once the gates were breached, hamas flooded

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the outpost. Over the next few minutes, over one hundred

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terrorists entered the Kibbutz Behri on foot. First, we will

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examine the tragic fate of the Baker family. Avida, fifty

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years old, was patriarch of the family. His wife Dana

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two years is younger, and with them two of their children,

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Carmel male fifteen years old and Hadar female thirteen years old.

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We will hear firsthand testimony from the father, Avida and

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his barely teenage daughter Adar. First, Avida recounts the moment

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they knew something was wrong. Shevokatva komashnya six thirty am.

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My wife and I are upstairs. We hear the missile

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sirens and gunfire from outside, and we say to each other,

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this isn't something. This isn't the same. We go into

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the safe room and decide to lock ourselves in and

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keep the door shut. We hear open the door and

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I tell him go away in Arabic, and he's trying

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to open the door and I resist and I tell

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him go away, it's just children, go away. And before

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I know it, we get hit by a burst from

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a Kalishna cough. Carmel's arm flies off. His arm flies

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off like crazy. There's blood everywhere, and Hadar tells him, Carmel,

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stay with us. You're not leaving us no way, and

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he tells me again open the door, and then I

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get hit by another burst. The door almost flies off

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with shrapnel and fire and I get hit. My legs

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is running if Next we have a series of messages

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from a WhatsApp group chat called Family of Champs. All

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the messages are from Hadar, the thirteen year old. I'm

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coming to me. We love you. Dad and Carmel are injured.

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Please call for help as ap. Please. We love you

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more than anything. Please come help us. Help us. They're

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burning us. We can't. They're burning us. They're burning us.

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We love you all. We love you all so much. Bye. Eventually,

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Dana got hit from the Kalishna cough. I heard her

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go out of I can't breathe, and she passed out.

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At this point, I tell Hadar listen, Mommy doesn't feel anything.

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Now I feel Dana and she's cold. That's it. She's

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out of the game. I tell Hadar, listen, we need

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to focus on Carmel. At this point, we go back

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to the WhatsApp group chat again. These messages are all

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from Hadar. Please help us. They threw three grenades at us.

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Please help us. We're dying here. Please hold on. I can't.

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We're all injured. They threw three grenades at us. There's

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smoke everywhere. I love you all. We love you all.

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We love you all. Carmel, stay with us. Don't close

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your eyes. Mommy, stay with us. My foot is injured,

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full of holes. Dad's both feet are hurting. Carmel two, Mommy,

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I don't know. Mommy is about to die. I'm telling

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you help us. Ask anyone that can help us to

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come please. Then what we have is a frantic video

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call that the thirteen year old Hdar had with an

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emergency operator. I'll try to translate again as best as

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I can.

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Okay, operator, Okay, Haidar, We're with you, Adar.

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Adar Hello operator?

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Okay, very good? Please who where? Okay? Okay, very good.

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Please please show me where the leg injuries are. Turn

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the volume down as much as possible. Okay, okay. Where

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are the shooting in the pelvis or the legs down?

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From the legs down?

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Okay? So I want you to take a shirt or

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a towel and grab a small stick.

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I can't. I don't have I can't what. I can't

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get up?

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I don't have I can't hear you? Can you repeat?

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I can't. I can't lift myself.

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Please crawl. Do you have a closet next to you?

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Yes?

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Adar? Is there a closet next to you that you

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can see?

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I have a closet. How is it relevant? At that

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point the call is ended, the nine one one operator

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text Adar.

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Hidar, it's nine one one. Can you chat with me here? Hadar?

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Please crawl to the closet. We have to save the

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blood he has left from the dar.

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I can't move nine one one?

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Can you pull the sheet under your dad?

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That is the last bit of communication we have between

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nine one one and Hadar. Dana and Carmel died in

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the safe room. Hadar and Avida were rescued many hours later.

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The medical staff were forced to amputate a Vita's leg

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from Avida. I'm spilling. I can hear Carmel telling me, Dad,

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I only want one thing. Bury me with my surfboard.

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Fast forward to October twenty fourth, twenty twenty three. A

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hushed crowd gathers under gray skies. The silence is thick,

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broken only by the soft rustle of wind through eucalyptus

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leaves and the muffled sobs of mourners. Two coffins lie

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side by side, one small, one larger. A Vida Bakar,

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pale and hollowed eyed, arrives in a wheelchair. His leg

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is gone, his world shattered. His daughters Hadar and Nafar

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steady him as he's rolled towards the fresh graves. He

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grips their hands, trying to stay upright. In more ways

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than one. On the smaller coffin rests a surfboard, sun faded,

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wax worn, Carmel's board, The fifteen year old boy who

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at once carved waves with effortless joy, his last wish

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to be buried with it. A rabbi speaks, but the

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words are distant. Friends and strangers step forward, placing roses

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on the caskets. One by one. Petals fall like echoes,

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like memory. This is not just a funeral. It's a

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farewell to innocence, to a mother and son torn from life,

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to a home that one stood peaceful, now a scarred

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monument to grief. When we come back, we'll examine the

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Shosh Family story. Don't Go Anywhere, Part two, The Shosh Family.

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The story of the Shosh family also takes place in

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the Kibbutz of Brie. After the massive rocket launch and

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the arrival of terrorists on foot, Noi, aged thirty seven,

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and his wife Mchole aged thirty five, entered the safe

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room of their house with their three young children, ages two,

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four and six. Amas terrorists enter the house and shoot

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the safe room door in an attempt to break in.

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Nei was shot and critically in while holding the door

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in an attempt to block them. These are the recordings

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of mother and wife McCole during the events that followed

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from the by Mother's group chat on WhatsApp from McCole,

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aged thirty five, mother of three. Someone's in the house.

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They're trying to open No one came to help. They're

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trying to get in. They're messing with the door. I

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don't know what they're doing. I think something is being

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set on fire. We have smoke in the safe room.

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Smoke in the safe room. We have a lot of

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smoke and we can't move. Please if someone can help.

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They're trying to break in again. The safe room door

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is open. We have fire. We're being burned alive. We

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can't breathe here. Next we have McColl's call with nine

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one one. Mcole. I need help. Operator.

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I know. First of all, tell me where you are

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in the mcole.

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How's eighty four?

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Your surname Shosh Shosh? Who got hurt? And when.

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My husband was heard about twenty minutes ago, wounded in

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the gut?

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How old is he?

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Thirty seven? Wounded in the back, wounded in the gut,

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wounded in the hand, Operator.

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I see the only one mcole, a.

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Bad hand wound. I also need. We can't breathe here.

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He's having trouble breathing.

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They're smoking the house. He can't breathe. They set fire here.

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The kids can can't breathe. He can't breathe. I can't breathe.

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I see he's going to pass out. Then NOI speaks

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up for the first time on the call. NOI, we

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need help now.

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I know, I know, I know you need help urgently.

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I know, Mchole. The kids can't breathe.

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The ambulance can't get to you. That's why I want

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you to do what I say.

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The smoke here is so thick. I don't have a signal,

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and I'm out of battery.

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No battery.

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Suddenly the phone went dead. Inside the safe room, the

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air was thick, hot, heavy, choking smoke crept in through

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the cracks, wrapping itself around the family like a noose.

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Mchole was holding the tourniquet tight on her husband. It

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was the only thing keeping NOI alive. He was bleeding out.

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The door was blocked and it was filling with smoke.

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A decision had to be made, a decision that no

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one should ever have to make hold the tourniquet and

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save her husband or let go of the tourniquet and

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open the window so her children wouldn't suffocate. Noi looked

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at her, he knew they said their final goodbyes. McCole

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opened the window and saved her children's lives. Noy's body

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remained behind, still blocking the door to the safe room,

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a final act of protection, a father's last stand. This

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was just one family, one room, one impossible choice. On

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October seventh, We'll take a quick break, don't go anywhere.

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Part three, narite Unavo called Cornfeld. We returned to Kibbutz

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Beairi for our final story. This time we're not entering

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a family home. Were stepping into a small dental clinic, quiet, sterile,

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and on most days, routine. On the morning of October seventh,

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it became something else, entirely, a makeshift hospital and a

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front line of horror. This is the story of Niriit

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whunvaulved Cornfeld. At seven point fifteen am, Nireit, thirty eight

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years old, a Kibbutz nurse, got the call. She was

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supposed to be getting her kids ready. That morning was

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meant to be simple, joyful. A village wide treasure hunt

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followed by kite flying in the open fields. Instead, Niriit

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ran towards the wounded. At one point in time, Nurit

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made the choice to leave behind a traditional religious life

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to be with her part by n Cornfield. They met

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while serving as army conscripts. Bounded by service and later

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by love. Five years ago, they moved to bed Erie

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to build a life together, a quiet one. They had

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four young children, all under ten. They imagined October seventh

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as a day of play, chasing clues and laughing under

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the sun. Instead, it would become a day of blood,

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fire and loss. Nireed would spend the rest of the

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day in that clinic treating the wounded, patching burns, stopping bleeding,

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whispering reassurances between explosions, all while knowing her own family

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was somewhere nearby, hiding, praying. This was the reality inside

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bed Erie, a place of peace transformed in an instant

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into a war zone. The emergency squad held their ground

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for as long as they could. Hood around the clinic,

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they fought to slow the attackers advance, buying precious time

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bullet by bullet. Two volunteers took position at the clinic's entrance.

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Rifles raised. They fired at every gunman who came into view,

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holding the line for hours until their ammunition finally ran out.

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This is ne Reid's testimony. I guess and I arrived

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at the dental clinic area. I see Gil critically injured.

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On his last breath. We just dragged him into the clinic.

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We began to take care of him. A meat and I.

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Another member of the emergency squad walks in injured. I

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was shot shot in the back. A few moments later,

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another one comes in injured. Yeah, Yer came in, blood

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all over him. While I'm caring for him, he went

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into shock several times shaking. At some point he said,

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I'm cold, I'm cold. I can't I'm cold. He really

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went into a state of shock, and I begin to

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feel really bad, like physically to feel bad. I felt

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I was about to pass out. I felt I was

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about to throw up. It was because of the smell

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of blood. I was filled with blood. I went to

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the bathroom and sat on the floor just to try

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to breathe a little and try to make the dizziness

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and nausea go away. All of a sudden, heavy gunfire

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began right outside the clinic and We heard them coming.

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We could really hear the a la akbar and the

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Arabic and the yelling. And then they threw the first

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grenade and then the second, and then they walked into

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the clinic. And I'm still in the bathroom, and I

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can hear them walking on the shattered glass right outside

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the door. And I told myself that's it. I'm now

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going to die. And I just curled up in a

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fetal position on the floor next to the toilet, holding

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my breath. Nurite crouched silently in the bathroom inside the clinic,

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heart pounding, breath shallow, waiting for the inevitable sound of footsteps,

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waiting for the gunman to find her. In another room.

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A metic pleaded for her life. The response was a gunshot.

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She was killed where she stood. Within minutes, three more

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people were dead. The clinic's white walls were shredded with bullets,

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turned into a battlefield. One man survived by crawling beneath

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the sink, covering himself in blood and lying perfectly still,

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playing dead. And somehow the gunman never opened the door

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to the bathroom where Neured was hiding. In a WhatsApp message,

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Neurite types to her wife, I Nat Cornfeld, who is

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saved in her phone as quote my babo In Israeli

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slaying bebo is a playful and affectionate term, often used

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similarly to baby or babe in English. Nereit they're here

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by Nat who the terrorists next to you? Yes, we

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have nowhere to hide. You're a champ. I love you

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more than life itself. Move on. Tell the kids they're

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everything to me. I love them more than anything. Be

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strong and take care of each other. Never stop now.

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Don't say things like that, and don't say goodbye. Hide

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like a coward. We won't live without you. It's important

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for me to know that you'll love on and be happy. NERII,

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I hate you for saying these things. Please stop. You're

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just laying there waiting to be killed for two hours

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and it doesn't end. Then you say to yourself, just

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get it over with and kill me. All I was

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thinking of was the end. What a great life I had,

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How lucky I am. On the one hand, I've lived

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such a great life. Really. I got married, I had kids,

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I lived, I traveled the world, I've seen stuff. But

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on the other hand, I thought about my family. How

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hard it's going to be for them, for my mother.

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How hard it's going to be if I die and

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I'm gone. I told I Nat to just move on,

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to be strong for the kids, to raise them, to

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make sure they won't forget me, won't forget who I was,

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how much their mother loved them. The next series of

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WhatsApp messages were sent two hours after the last ones,

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at two pm. Narite, take care of the kids, everything

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for me, Hi, Nat, You'll raise them and educate them.

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No one is saying goodbye, I love you, sorry for

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leaving you. The next messages were sent at two forty

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six pm, almost one hour later, Narite, allow the kids

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more things, sweets, screen time, friends, let it go, don't

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fight them, live in harmony with ease and fun, Go

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do stuff, spend money. And then the last message, the

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one that Narite sent to anat the following day after

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she was home and finally safe October eighth, twenty twenty three.

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I'm dead inside. I'm so scared of every little noise.

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I can't eat, I can't drink. The smell won't go away.

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I'm so traumatized. Gil Bollam, age fifty five, Aitan Hadad,

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age forty three, doctor Daniel Levy, age thirty four, Amidman

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aged twenty two, and Shakhar Zemak age thirty nine, were

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all murdered inside the dental clinic on October seventh in

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be Ari. Nurit and one of her fellows, Yeah Year,

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were the only ones who survived that day. Nerit and

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her family were rescued from the Kabbutzbri after sixteen hours.

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To see your family alive, after so many hours, after

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all that you've been through, just to hug them and

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breathe them was I couldn't believe it. I couldn't believe it, Lamande.

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Nearly one in every ten residents of be Ari was

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killed that day, at least ninety seven civilians in total.

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It's a staggering number for any place, but even more

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so in a small, close knit community about the size

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of Greenwich Village in New York City. The gunmen came

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from the west, crossing in from Gaza. That's where they

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first struck, moving with ruthless precision through the neighborhoods closest

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to the border. They didn't just invade, They hunted. They

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torched homes, They dragged people from shelter, They shot residents

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in their beds, on porches beneath trees where they tried

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to hide. Some were taken kidnapped, Others burned alive when

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their houses were set ablaze. Whole families wiped out in

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a matter of minutes. The randomness was as terrifying as

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the brutality. Some who hid behind a bush or in

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a closet survived. Others who followed emergency protocols locking themselves

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in reinforced safe rooms were found dead inside. The victims

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spanned generations. The youngest wasn't a year old yet, and

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the oldest was eighty eight. By the time it was over,

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spouses were gone, parents, children. Nothing about Bay looked or

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felt the same, and for those who survived, nothing would.

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In the aftermath, Even lifelong peace activists began to question

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what they believed, not because they wanted to, but because

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they had to. Because the images of that day, of friends, neighbors,

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children murdered in cold blood don't fade easily. The distinction

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between hamas and everyday gossans became harder to hold. Trust collapsed,

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and grief turned to something heavier. These same Kabbutzniks now

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find themselves stuck in a cruel paradox. They still oppose

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the occupation, they still want peace, But how do you

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believe in peace when peace got you killed? And when

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the government they never voted for net Yah, who's stood

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powerless as their people died. Kablitzim were once the moral

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compass of Israeli society. Today they are a scar tissue

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of a nation still bleeding, not just from rockets and gunfire,

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but from the slow death of a dream. I'm t

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z Borden. I've been your host today. Thank you for

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every episode hits hard, but I think the majority of

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the Night Terror episodes are really well done. I'm proud

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that's the right word. So if you want to support

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we appreciate every single dollar you can give. Again, that's

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you to Augusta Trevororam who created original music that you

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heard in today's episode. Until next time, try to enjoy

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the Daylight.

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A dark Side.

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