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Once more, more details are revealed and independently verified by news networks, this time - @WSJ.
I will forever be scarred by reading these, but I feel it's my duty to know what these women went through - and so should you.
Once more, more details are revealed and independently verified by news networks, this time - @WSJ.
I will forever be scarred by reading these, but I feel it's my duty to know what these women went through - and so should you.
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Israel’s ‘Black Sabbath’: Murder, Sexual Violence and Torture on Oct. 7
NIR OZ, Israel—Eitan Cunio heard the militants enter his house and watched as gasoline seeped under the door of the safe room where he sheltered with his wife and two children.
His 1-year-old daughter was crying as the family’s home in Kibbutz Nir Oz was set alight and smoke began entering the room. Cunio put wet sheets at the bottom of the door and told his family they would stay inside rather than be killed or kidnapped. If we die, we die together at home, he said.
Israel’s ‘Black Sabbath’: Murder, Sexual Violence and Torture on Oct. 7
NIR OZ, Israel—Eitan Cunio heard the militants enter his house and watched as gasoline seeped under the door of the safe room where he sheltered with his wife and two children.
His 1-year-old daughter was crying as the family’s home in Kibbutz Nir Oz was set alight and smoke began entering the room. Cunio put wet sheets at the bottom of the door and told his family they would stay inside rather than be killed or kidnapped. If we die, we die together at home, he said.
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Before passing out, Cunio sent a tearful voice note to a friend in his community: “Brother, it’s horrible. We are going to die.”
Months have passed since the October day Israelis call Black Sabbath, when Hamas-led militants rampaged into Israel from Gaza, an attack that officials say killed some 1,200 people and included acts of torture, mutilation and sexual violence. Israeli investigators are now using some 200,000 photographs and videos and 2,000 witness testimonies to reconstruct what happened, with an eye toward building a legal case against those responsible that would meet international standards and provide a definitive historical accounting of the Oct. 7 attack.
Before passing out, Cunio sent a tearful voice note to a friend in his community: “Brother, it’s horrible. We are going to die.”
Months have passed since the October day Israelis call Black Sabbath, when Hamas-led militants rampaged into Israel from Gaza, an attack that officials say killed some 1,200 people and included acts of torture, mutilation and sexual violence. Israeli investigators are now using some 200,000 photographs and videos and 2,000 witness testimonies to reconstruct what happened, with an eye toward building a legal case against those responsible that would meet international standards and provide a definitive historical accounting of the Oct. 7 attack.
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Reporters from The Wall Street Journal examined some of that evidence, supplemented with interviews of first responders, survivors, families of victims and forensic scientists, to document an attack that Israeli Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai described as “systematic and unprecedented in its cruelty.”
Reporters from The Wall Street Journal examined some of that evidence, supplemented with interviews of first responders, survivors, families of victims and forensic scientists, to document an attack that Israeli Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai described as “systematic and unprecedented in its cruelty.”
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Forensic evidence shared with the Journal by Israeli officials shows some victims were burned alive after militants used accelerants to set fire to their homes. Photos viewed by the Journal taken by first responders on the scene show bodies were mutilated including the sex organs of both men and women. The bodies of women and girls showed various signs of sexual assault, and recently, at least three female survivors have come forward to say they experienced sexual violence on Oct. 7.
Forensic evidence shared with the Journal by Israeli officials shows some victims were burned alive after militants used accelerants to set fire to their homes. Photos viewed by the Journal taken by first responders on the scene show bodies were mutilated including the sex organs of both men and women. The bodies of women and girls showed various signs of sexual assault, and recently, at least three female survivors have come forward to say they experienced sexual violence on Oct. 7.
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Hamas officials have denied their fighters killed children and raped women.
Israel’s investigation is expected to yield a trial that would be the country’s most significant since the early 1960s, when Israel captured, tried and hanged former Nazi official Adolf Eichmann for his central role in the Holocaust.
📸: A burned bedroom in the home of the Cunio family in Nir Oz. PHOTO: TANYA HABJOUQA/NOOR FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
Hamas officials have denied their fighters killed children and raped women.
Israel’s investigation is expected to yield a trial that would be the country’s most significant since the early 1960s, when Israel captured, tried and hanged former Nazi official Adolf Eichmann for his central role in the Holocaust.
📸: A burned bedroom in the home of the Cunio family in Nir Oz. PHOTO: TANYA HABJOUQA/NOOR FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
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“The state of Israel has never before dealt with crimes and an investigation on this scale,” said Roi Sheindorf, former deputy to the attorney general. “This will be one of the most important trials to take place in Israel.”
The Israeli police are examining testimonies from captured militants, footage from cameras obtained from them, social media, and vehicle dashboards and security cameras throughout southern Israel, as well as materials seized in Gaza.
“The state of Israel has never before dealt with crimes and an investigation on this scale,” said Roi Sheindorf, former deputy to the attorney general. “This will be one of the most important trials to take place in Israel.”
The Israeli police are examining testimonies from captured militants, footage from cameras obtained from them, social media, and vehicle dashboards and security cameras throughout southern Israel, as well as materials seized in Gaza.
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One challenge for the investigation, legal analysts say, is that the collection of forensic evidence was limited in the aftermath of Oct. 7, while the Israeli military was engaged in combat in the area for days after the attack.
More than 21,000 Palestinians have since died in airstrikes and fighting between the Israeli military and Hamas, most of them women and children, according to Palestinian health authorities. The number doesn’t distinguish between civilians and combatants.
One challenge for the investigation, legal analysts say, is that the collection of forensic evidence was limited in the aftermath of Oct. 7, while the Israeli military was engaged in combat in the area for days after the attack.
More than 21,000 Palestinians have since died in airstrikes and fighting between the Israeli military and Hamas, most of them women and children, according to Palestinian health authorities. The number doesn’t distinguish between civilians and combatants.
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An accompanying goal of Israel’s investigation could also be preserving history, much like the Eichmann trial laid out Nazi Germany’s Final Solution to the world and began a process for witnesses to come forward en masse to speak of the horrors they experienced.
Israel has identified about 800 dead civilians from Oct. 7, including 37 minors under the age of 17, six of whom were under 5. Some 25 people over the age of 80 were killed, including a 94-year-old woman, according to the prime minister’s office.
Hamas militants and others kidnapped roughly 250 people on Oct. 7, according to Israeli authorities.
📸:At Israel's National Center of Forensic Medicine, a small team begins the laborious work of trying to link the remains with a name. PHOTOS: TANYA HABJOUQA/NOOR FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
An accompanying goal of Israel’s investigation could also be preserving history, much like the Eichmann trial laid out Nazi Germany’s Final Solution to the world and began a process for witnesses to come forward en masse to speak of the horrors they experienced.
Israel has identified about 800 dead civilians from Oct. 7, including 37 minors under the age of 17, six of whom were under 5. Some 25 people over the age of 80 were killed, including a 94-year-old woman, according to the prime minister’s office.
Hamas militants and others kidnapped roughly 250 people on Oct. 7, according to Israeli authorities.
📸:At Israel's National Center of Forensic Medicine, a small team begins the laborious work of trying to link the remains with a name. PHOTOS: TANYA HABJOUQA/NOOR FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
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Dead bodies were taken to an Israeli military base where they were processed and those that were unidentifiable sent to the National Center of Forensic Medicine, which took fingerprints, conducted X-rays and CT scans and removed tissue samples for DNA extraction.
Scans revealed signs of torture and execution, according to Dr. Chen Kugel, head of the forensics center. In some cases, the center found soot in the trachea, indicating people were burned alive as they inhaled smoke before bodies charred, he said. Others were burned after they were already dead.
Dead bodies were taken to an Israeli military base where they were processed and those that were unidentifiable sent to the National Center of Forensic Medicine, which took fingerprints, conducted X-rays and CT scans and removed tissue samples for DNA extraction.
Scans revealed signs of torture and execution, according to Dr. Chen Kugel, head of the forensics center. In some cases, the center found soot in the trachea, indicating people were burned alive as they inhaled smoke before bodies charred, he said. Others were burned after they were already dead.
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One scan of blackened remains viewed by the Journal revealed two spines and two rib cages belonging to a child and an adult who were bound together with metal wire and burned alive, Kugel said. He added that more than 20 bodies were found with hands bound with zip ties or electric cords, indicating execution.
One scan of blackened remains viewed by the Journal revealed two spines and two rib cages belonging to a child and an adult who were bound together with metal wire and burned alive, Kugel said. He added that more than 20 bodies were found with hands bound with zip ties or electric cords, indicating execution.
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Militants posted videos of some of the killings and kidnappings on victims’ social media pages, where friends and family watched. When militants forced their way into Noam Elyakim’s home, they shot him in the leg, then took his wife’s phone and livestreamed the family being taken hostage on Facebook. In another instance, Shay Shimoni saw a video posted by militants of her 75-year-old mother dead in a pool of blood. The Journal viewed both videos, which are no longer online.
Militants posted videos of some of the killings and kidnappings on victims’ social media pages, where friends and family watched. When militants forced their way into Noam Elyakim’s home, they shot him in the leg, then took his wife’s phone and livestreamed the family being taken hostage on Facebook. In another instance, Shay Shimoni saw a video posted by militants of her 75-year-old mother dead in a pool of blood. The Journal viewed both videos, which are no longer online.
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New details about sexual violence also are emerging. Investigators initially found no rape survivors, but at least three women have since come forward to the Ministry of Welfare saying they experienced sexual violence, said Ayelet Razin Bet Or, a former government official helping with the investigation.
One witness saw militants gang rape a woman and then cut off her breast, according to police testimony viewed by the Journal. First responders said they saw signs of sexual violence, including women found naked or with their underwear pulled down or tops removed.
New details about sexual violence also are emerging. Investigators initially found no rape survivors, but at least three women have since come forward to the Ministry of Welfare saying they experienced sexual violence, said Ayelet Razin Bet Or, a former government official helping with the investigation.
One witness saw militants gang rape a woman and then cut off her breast, according to police testimony viewed by the Journal. First responders said they saw signs of sexual violence, including women found naked or with their underwear pulled down or tops removed.
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The Journal saw images taken by a first responder of a naked woman with a knife and three nails in the crotch area, women whose clothing was partially or entirely removed and women with blood from the crotch area. In another image provided by the first responder, a woman’s breast was almost entirely sliced off. Her shirt was ripped away and she had a knife wound in the neck. In two other photos a naked man was found gagged and shot and one photo showed a man’s eyeball had been removed.
The Journal saw images taken by a first responder of a naked woman with a knife and three nails in the crotch area, women whose clothing was partially or entirely removed and women with blood from the crotch area. In another image provided by the first responder, a woman’s breast was almost entirely sliced off. Her shirt was ripped away and she had a knife wound in the neck. In two other photos a naked man was found gagged and shot and one photo showed a man’s eyeball had been removed.
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Shari Mendes, 62, a reservist in the Israeli army who helped identify bodies after Oct. 7, said people were shot in the head so many times they were disfigured.
Shari Mendes, 62, a reservist in the Israeli army who helped identify bodies after Oct. 7, said people were shot in the head so many times they were disfigured.
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First victims
Three miles east from the Gaza border in Kfar Aza, a community of 950, militants on paragliders landed in a sports field where later that day residents planned an annual kite-flying festival.
📸: Aviv Kutz, his wife, Livnat, and their three teenage children organized an annual kite festival as a peace gesture to neighboring Gaza. They were among the first to die on Oct. 7. PHOTOS: KUTZ FAMILY
First victims
Three miles east from the Gaza border in Kfar Aza, a community of 950, militants on paragliders landed in a sports field where later that day residents planned an annual kite-flying festival.
📸: Aviv Kutz, his wife, Livnat, and their three teenage children organized an annual kite festival as a peace gesture to neighboring Gaza. They were among the first to die on Oct. 7. PHOTOS: KUTZ FAMILY
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The festival, which over the years became a peace gesture to Gazans, was organized by Aviv Kutz, 53, his wife Livnat, 49, and their three teenage children. They hoped that Gazans would see the kites and fly their own in return, according to Aviv’s father, Benny Kutz.
The family had eaten dinner together the night before, a rare luxury as the children lived away from home. Rotem, 18, was serving in the army and Yonatan, 16, and Yiftach, 14, were at boarding school.
The festival, which over the years became a peace gesture to Gazans, was organized by Aviv Kutz, 53, his wife Livnat, 49, and their three teenage children. They hoped that Gazans would see the kites and fly their own in return, according to Aviv’s father, Benny Kutz.
The family had eaten dinner together the night before, a rare luxury as the children lived away from home. Rotem, 18, was serving in the army and Yonatan, 16, and Yiftach, 14, were at boarding school.
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The family was one of the first to die on Oct. 7. Before 6.30 a.m., militants entered their home and shot all five members of the family as Aviv hugged everyone, trying to shield them, according to a body-collection volunteer and Benny Kutz.
The family was one of the first to die on Oct. 7. Before 6.30 a.m., militants entered their home and shot all five members of the family as Aviv hugged everyone, trying to shield them, according to a body-collection volunteer and Benny Kutz.
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Around the same time in Netiv HaAsara, another Israeli community on the Gaza border, Sabine Taasa said she heard sirens announcing rocket fire and scrambled into her home’s safe room with one of her four sons, Zohar, 15.
She closed the windows, turned off the electricity and locked the door. Her youngest sons, Koren, 12, and Shay, 8, were staying with their father, Gil Taasa, around 100 yards away. Another son, 17-year-old Or, had gotten up early and gone to the beach for fishing and surfing about 10 minutes away, she said.
Around the same time in Netiv HaAsara, another Israeli community on the Gaza border, Sabine Taasa said she heard sirens announcing rocket fire and scrambled into her home’s safe room with one of her four sons, Zohar, 15.
She closed the windows, turned off the electricity and locked the door. Her youngest sons, Koren, 12, and Shay, 8, were staying with their father, Gil Taasa, around 100 yards away. Another son, 17-year-old Or, had gotten up early and gone to the beach for fishing and surfing about 10 minutes away, she said.
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Sabine phoned Or, who told her he’d found a small shelter at the beach and was waiting inside with a group of young people. She tried calling her former partner, Gil Taasa, to whom she was still married, but received no answer.
Around 7 a.m., Gil Taasa and his two sons ran from his house to a bomb shelter yards from the front door, according to a video camera capturing their movements, which has since been added to a video compilation shown by Israel to world leaders and journalists.
📸: Sabine and Gil Taasa, shown in an old photo. Gil and their son Or were killed. PHOTOS: SABINE TAASA
Sabine phoned Or, who told her he’d found a small shelter at the beach and was waiting inside with a group of young people. She tried calling her former partner, Gil Taasa, to whom she was still married, but received no answer.
Around 7 a.m., Gil Taasa and his two sons ran from his house to a bomb shelter yards from the front door, according to a video camera capturing their movements, which has since been added to a video compilation shown by Israel to world leaders and journalists.
📸: Sabine and Gil Taasa, shown in an old photo. Gil and their son Or were killed. PHOTOS: SABINE TAASA
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Seconds later, a militant threw a grenade inside.
Taasa told his sons not to be scared and jumped on top of the grenade to shield them. He died, his limp body slumping out of the entrance to the shelter, according to the video.
Koren and Shay ran back into the house, where a militant entered the kitchen.
“Daddy!” said one of the boys in disbelief.
“Daddy’s dead, Shay,” Koren said, according to a video from inside the kitchen.
“I know I saw,” Shay said.
“I think we are going to die,” his brother appears to reply, according to video footage inside their father’s home which was included in the video that Israel created.
Shay was badly injured during the grenade explosion and couldn’t see out of one eye. Koren attempted to care for his brother’s wounds with a wet towel and used Google Translate to try to communicate with two militants.
He pleaded for them to kill him instead of his brother. The militants decided to leave, telling the boys to stay put, adding: “If you move, we will kill you.”
Seconds later, a militant threw a grenade inside.
Taasa told his sons not to be scared and jumped on top of the grenade to shield them. He died, his limp body slumping out of the entrance to the shelter, according to the video.
Koren and Shay ran back into the house, where a militant entered the kitchen.
“Daddy!” said one of the boys in disbelief.
“Daddy’s dead, Shay,” Koren said, according to a video from inside the kitchen.
“I know I saw,” Shay said.
“I think we are going to die,” his brother appears to reply, according to video footage inside their father’s home which was included in the video that Israel created.
Shay was badly injured during the grenade explosion and couldn’t see out of one eye. Koren attempted to care for his brother’s wounds with a wet towel and used Google Translate to try to communicate with two militants.
He pleaded for them to kill him instead of his brother. The militants decided to leave, telling the boys to stay put, adding: “If you move, we will kill you.”
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About 20 miles away, dozens of militants were descending on a music festival in an open field near the border of Gaza.
At 7:15 a.m., Romi Gonen, 23, woke up her father in northern Israel with a panicked phone call. “They are shooting at me,” she said.
📸: Romi Gonen shown with her father, Eitan Gonen, and on a trip to South America. PHOTOS: EITAN GONEN
About 20 miles away, dozens of militants were descending on a music festival in an open field near the border of Gaza.
At 7:15 a.m., Romi Gonen, 23, woke up her father in northern Israel with a panicked phone call. “They are shooting at me,” she said.
📸: Romi Gonen shown with her father, Eitan Gonen, and on a trip to South America. PHOTOS: EITAN GONEN
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She’d gone to the party with her best friend. By the time Gonen called her father, he said the two girls were frantic, running between bushes trying to hide from fighters as they approached.
They were relieved to stumble upon armed police for protection, only to have to flee again when the officers were shot dead by militants, according to Eitan Gonen.
She’d gone to the party with her best friend. By the time Gonen called her father, he said the two girls were frantic, running between bushes trying to hide from fighters as they approached.
They were relieved to stumble upon armed police for protection, only to have to flee again when the officers were shot dead by militants, according to Eitan Gonen.
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At 10:05, Romi Gonen called her father to say one of her friends had found her and he was evacuating her out of the festival area in a car.
“A weight was lifted from my chest,” said Eitan Gonen.
At 10:05, Romi Gonen called her father to say one of her friends had found her and he was evacuating her out of the festival area in a car.
“A weight was lifted from my chest,” said Eitan Gonen.
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The elation was short-lived. Moments later, Romi Gonen was on the phone to her mother, Meirav Leshem Gonen, when the car was attacked. She was shot in the arm and her friends killed.
Leshem Gonen was still on the phone with her daughter when she heard voices and shouting in Arabic before the call went dead. She is being held hostage in Gaza, according to Israeli authorities.
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The elation was short-lived. Moments later, Romi Gonen was on the phone to her mother, Meirav Leshem Gonen, when the car was attacked. She was shot in the arm and her friends killed.
Leshem Gonen was still on the phone with her daughter when she heard voices and shouting in Arabic before the call went dead. She is being held hostage in Gaza, according to Israeli authorities.
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Sexual assault
At the festival, Hamas militants began to sexually assault women, witnesses told the police. Fighters took women back to Gaza with them, and in one example, paraded the half-naked body of a female festival goer in the back of a pickup, according to a widely shared video on Telegram.
In a recording of a phone call that morning, militants driving in Israel cheered as one of them talked about raping a woman.
Sexual assault
At the festival, Hamas militants began to sexually assault women, witnesses told the police. Fighters took women back to Gaza with them, and in one example, paraded the half-naked body of a female festival goer in the back of a pickup, according to a widely shared video on Telegram.
In a recording of a phone call that morning, militants driving in Israel cheered as one of them talked about raping a woman.
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“I am going to f— her, I am going to f— her,” he told another person on the line, according to an unverified recording shared with the Journal by Israeli officials.
“I am going to f— her, I am going to f— her,” he told another person on the line, according to an unverified recording shared with the Journal by Israeli officials.
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At Eitan Cunio’s community Nir Oz, the heat and smoke in his shelter had become so intense, he and his wife began to say goodbye to their two daughters, Ofri, 4 and Stav, a year and nine months. They all passed out.
At about 1 p.m., Eitan Cunio regained consciousness as a friend phoned to say he was coming to get them.
With the help of a neighbor, the friend broke into the Cunio’s safe room, and pulled the family out of the charred wreckage of their home. Eitan and one of his daughters began to throw up black vomit on the grass outside.
At Eitan Cunio’s community Nir Oz, the heat and smoke in his shelter had become so intense, he and his wife began to say goodbye to their two daughters, Ofri, 4 and Stav, a year and nine months. They all passed out.
At about 1 p.m., Eitan Cunio regained consciousness as a friend phoned to say he was coming to get them.
With the help of a neighbor, the friend broke into the Cunio’s safe room, and pulled the family out of the charred wreckage of their home. Eitan and one of his daughters began to throw up black vomit on the grass outside.
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Eitan was relieved to be alive, but he was then confronted with the news that eight members of his family, including his twin brother David had been kidnapped and taken to Gaza. He later learned that his neighbor’s family was killed—the parents by gunfire and three small children by smoke inhalation.
📸: Eran Smilansky, shown with his friend Eitan Cunio, saved the Cunio family from a burning house on Oct. 7. A baby portrait was found in the ruins of the destroyed home. PHOTOS: TANYA HABJOUQA/NOOR FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
Eitan was relieved to be alive, but he was then confronted with the news that eight members of his family, including his twin brother David had been kidnapped and taken to Gaza. He later learned that his neighbor’s family was killed—the parents by gunfire and three small children by smoke inhalation.
📸: Eran Smilansky, shown with his friend Eitan Cunio, saved the Cunio family from a burning house on Oct. 7. A baby portrait was found in the ruins of the destroyed home. PHOTOS: TANYA HABJOUQA/NOOR FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
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Five members of Eitan Cunio’s family were released in last month’s exchange for Palestinian prisoners, but his twin brother and his younger brother and girlfriend are still being held, according to Israeli authorities.
Five members of Eitan Cunio’s family were released in last month’s exchange for Palestinian prisoners, but his twin brother and his younger brother and girlfriend are still being held, according to Israeli authorities.
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‘Open up’
In Netiv HaAsara, Sabine Taasa heard a knock on her door: “Open up, it’s me, Koren.”
Standing at the door were her youngest sons covered in blood and shrapnel wounds. They had run from their father’s house and were on the verge of collapse, according to a video Sabine later took inside her shelter. Her youngest son’s eye was full of blood and he had a large wound on the back of his leg.
‘Open up’
In Netiv HaAsara, Sabine Taasa heard a knock on her door: “Open up, it’s me, Koren.”
Standing at the door were her youngest sons covered in blood and shrapnel wounds. They had run from their father’s house and were on the verge of collapse, according to a video Sabine later took inside her shelter. Her youngest son’s eye was full of blood and he had a large wound on the back of his leg.
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At least three members of the community’s emergency-response team of volunteers soon arrived. Before evacuating, she ran to Gil Taasa’s house where she found his body in a pool of blood. Flies rested on his face.
She cried and hugged him, before collapsing herself and being carried away.
At least three members of the community’s emergency-response team of volunteers soon arrived. Before evacuating, she ran to Gil Taasa’s house where she found his body in a pool of blood. Flies rested on his face.
She cried and hugged him, before collapsing herself and being carried away.
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Two days later, Sabine Taasa was told her eldest son, Or, was killed by militants in the bathroom on the beach.
Authorities couldn’t identify Or’s body for 15 days, and only did so after his mother provided the military with descriptions of features including his feet and a birthmark. She wasn’t permitted to see his body.
Two days later, Sabine Taasa was told her eldest son, Or, was killed by militants in the bathroom on the beach.
Authorities couldn’t identify Or’s body for 15 days, and only did so after his mother provided the military with descriptions of features including his feet and a birthmark. She wasn’t permitted to see his body.
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Sabine Taasa provided testimony to the police investigation and now wants justice. Four attackers were captured at Netiv HaAsara, and she is hopeful she will be able to confront Gil Taasa’s killers.
“I want to stand in front of them and identify them with my son,” she said. “That is Koren’s wish.”
📸: Sabine Taasa and her two youngest children 8-year-old Shay, left, and Koren, 12, are staying in a donated apartment in Netanya. PHOTO: TANYA HABJOUQA/NOOR FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNA
Sabine Taasa provided testimony to the police investigation and now wants justice. Four attackers were captured at Netiv HaAsara, and she is hopeful she will be able to confront Gil Taasa’s killers.
“I want to stand in front of them and identify them with my son,” she said. “That is Koren’s wish.”
📸: Sabine Taasa and her two youngest children 8-year-old Shay, left, and Koren, 12, are staying in a donated apartment in Netanya. PHOTO: TANYA HABJOUQA/NOOR FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNA
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The reason I decided once more to post a full article here is that it's important that people don't get discouraged from reading the horrors just because of a couple of dollars paywall. This article by @WSJ, just like the previous one by @nytimes, is extremely important, and while it is unbearably hard to read, you must.
The reason I decided once more to post a full article here is that it's important that people don't get discouraged from reading the horrors just because of a couple of dollars paywall. This article by @WSJ, just like the previous one by @nytimes, is extremely important, and while it is unbearably hard to read, you must.
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