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The Israelis Displaced from Their Homes by Hamas Attack

(Guardian-UK) Emine Sinmaz - For 22 hours, Yali Shamriz, age 2, sheltered with her father, Jonathan, 33, and mother, Natali, 31, in the safe room at their home in Kibbutz Kfar Aza while Hamas attackers murdered 63 of the community's 700 residents and kidnapped 19 others, including Jonathan's brother, Alon, 26. The family is now among the 126,000 displaced Israelis living in hotels across the country in the wake of the Oct. 7 attacks. Varda and David Goldstein, both 73, were on holiday in Bulgaria with others from the kibbutz when they found out about the Hamas attacks. They quickly returned home and learned that their son, Nadav Goldstein Almog, a triathlete, and his oldest daughter, Yam, 20, had been murdered. Nadav's wife, Chen, 49, and their three younger children, Tal, 9, Gal, 11, and Agam, 17, had been taken hostage. Omri Almog, Chen's brother, said his sister's home was riddled with bullet holes and blood stains. "They shot Nadav in the safe room, and Yam...they shot her next to the door." The Goldsteins' home was completely burned in the carnage. "We don't have a home to go back to," Varda said.
2023-11-22 00:00:00
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