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Survivor Recounts Escape from Gaza
(Times of Israel) Jessica Steinberg - Avital Aladjem from Kibbutz Holit, 2 km. from Gaza, told Israel's Channel 12 she was hiding in her home's safe room with a neighbor and communicating with her next-door neighbor, Adi Vital-Kaploun, via WhatsApp, when Hamas terrorists blew up her front door and entered the house on Saturday. The women dashed to hide from the terrorists. The neighbor who was hiding with Aladjem was discovered by the gunmen, shot, and killed. Aladjem was pulled out of the closet where she was hiding. The gunmen then brought her Vital-Kaploun's children from next door, ages 4.5 months and 4, and began walking the three of them through the kibbutz. The children's mother, a Canadian citizen, is missing. With one of the terrorists carrying the screaming 4-year-old on his shoulders and Aladjem holding the infant, they were marched to the fence surrounding the kibbutz and then on toward Gaza - "me and the kids and the terrorists," said Aladjem. After the terrorists brought Aladjem and the children into Gaza, they left them standing alone. Aladjem turned around with the children and began walking with them back to the kibbutz. She passed more gunmen and hid with the children in the sand dunes. After reaching the kibbutz, the three were taken to the nearby community of Gvulot, where the children were eventually reunited with their father.