Edna Gefner, 28, raised in Israel three miles from the Gaza border — close to where the Supernova Sukkot music festival took place and where Hamas struck on Oct. 7 — shares a terror-filled story.
Eden Gefner said it must have been a miracle, surviving the Oct. 7th attack — hearing Hamas gunfire break through their front door as she and others hid in their safe room, tensely listening as Hamas terrorists rummaged through their home. Said Gefner, 'As the minutes passed by, we started to understand that there so many terrorists in the kibbutz, because you see … people writing in the community WhatsApp group.
Her mind is still reeling from it to this day, she said. 'I can't stop thinking that on Saturday morning, I didn't do anything. I only woke up as a Jew. So I really felt like in the Holocaust.' Gefner, 28, was born and raised in Kibbutz Re'im in Israel. This is just three miles from the border with Gaza — a stone's throw from where the Supernova Sukkot music festival took place. It is where Hamas killed 364 civilians on Oct. 7.
But as a child of Israel who has never known a time when Israel did not exist, she is pleading not only for her future — but for the Palestinians' future as well. 'We have one Earth,' said Hefner. 'I will say one space. And we all need to understand how we could live together.' For more Lifestyle articles, visit www.foxnews.com/lifestyle.
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