Moments of terror and fear: Residents of the Gaza envelope, who evacuated to Kibbutz Maale Hachamisha in the Jerusalem Hills after the horrific massacre of Hamas terrorists, told Israel Hayom about the moments of anxiety: "At 6:30 we heard the sirens go off and then a barrage of rockets in the direction of the community," described Meir Bo Sha'anan from Moshav Netiv Ha'asara.
"The terrorists were close to my house and I heard the shooting from the parallel house. Later, on the way to the evacuation, my children and I saw several bodies."
Door with signs of gunfire by terrorists, Gaza village, photo: GettyImages
Yifat Ben Shoshan, also from Netiv Ha'ahara, added: "We receive a message on the local app that tells us: 'Dear residents, please lock the safe room doors and everything possible in the house. There are terrorists in the community.' The electricity went out throughout the community and there was no communication. My older child broke down crying after two hours and told me: 'Mom, I can't do it anymore, I'm dying of fear.' I look him in the eye and I feel like crying and I can't cry. We prayed that they would skip our house. I looked the children in the eye and you start to realize that these may be the last moments."
Yair Glam from Moshav Gaya said: "We have two abductees from the moshav who were lookouts and one who was killed. Well done to the organizers who took us in here."
Anat Avitan, a resident of Zikim, found it difficult to calm down from the terrible incident: "My husband and son, who is a combat soldier, took weapons and went outside to defend the house. It was a world horror. It is impossible to describe what we went through. We were besieged for 6-7 hours in a safe room, hearing gunfire and explosions. Things humans aren't supposed to hear. We've been lied to for years that we're safer than anywhere else. It was all work in my eyes."
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