TEL AVIV — A 21-year-old Israeli woman said she was in despair and had 'no tears left' after her father, sister, grandmother and cousin went missing on Saturday (Oct 7) after Hamas militants attacked their kibbutz and video emerged showing her 12-year-old brother being taken by gunmen. Gaya Kalderon, speaking from Tel Aviv, begged for the safe return of her...
Gaya Calderon looks at her phone during an interview with Reuters on Tuesday, Oct 10, 2023.TEL AVIV — A 21-year-old Israeli woman said she was in despair and had "no tears left" after her father, sister, grandmother and cousin went missing on Saturday after Hamas militants attacked their kibbutz and video emerged showing her 12-year-old brother being taken by gunmen.
Kalderon said she was woken in Tel Aviv by sirens on Saturday morning, as Islamist Hamas gunmen crossed from Gaza and began their rampage through towns in the deadliest attack in Israel's history. A friend then told her that Hamas had entered the kibbutz. Video emerged on social media in which Kalderon said she can see her younger brother Erez being taken away by gunmen. She sees them pinching him and he flinches.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Hamas militant attack on Israel: Several airlines suspend Tel Aviv flights until safety conditions improveSeveral international air carriers have suspended flight services with Tel Aviv in light of the Hamas militant attack on Israel, saying they were waiting for safety conditions to improve before resuming. Fighters from the Islamist group killed 700 Israelis and abducted dozens in Saturday's (Oct 7) attacks, which were the deadliest such incursion since the Yom Kippur war 50 years...
Read more »
Several airlines suspend Tel Aviv flights until conditions improveSeveral international air carriers said on Sunday (Oct 8) they had suspended flights serving Tel Aviv in light of the Hamas militant attack on Israel and were waiting for conditions to improve before resuming servic
Read more »
Flight carrying South Koreans from Tel Aviv arrives homeSome 560 South Koreans were long-term residents in Israel. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Read more »
EU's Borrell: Israeli moves in Gaza break international lawBRUSSELS: European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell accused the Israeli government on Tuesday (Oct 10) of breaking international law by imposing a total blockade of Gaza in response to the
Read more »
Stench heavy in the air as bodies lie in the grounds of ravaged Israeli kibbutzHamas gunmen went house-to-house, killing hundreds of civilians in places like Kfar Aza. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Read more »
How an Israeli kibbutz 'paradise' turned into hell in Hamas attackKFAR AZA, ISRAEL — A baby's crushed crib lying outside a burnt-out home. Corpses strewn on streets. Body bags lined up on an outdoor basketball court. The stench of death everywhere.
Read more »