A 90-year-old Holocaust survivor and a boy celebrating his fifth birthday were among the more than 1,400 victims of the October 7
Hamas terror attack in Israel.
While it is now ten days since the terror group stormed into Israel from Gaza, details are still emerging about the horrific rampage and of its many victims.
Gina Semiatich, a 90-year-old Czech-born Holocaust survivor, was tragically murdered in her home at Kibbutz Kissufim, less than two miles from the Gaza border.
According to reports in Israel, Semiatich was dragged from her home shelter by the terrorists and shot in the head in her living room.
'We had spoken to her just seconds before; she told us she was hiding in the shelter, scared,' her grandson said in the aftermath of the attack.
ina Semiatich, a 90-year-old Czech-born Holocaust survivor, was tragically murdered in her home at Kibbutz Kissufim, less than two miles from the Gaza border
Another tragic victim of the attacks has been revealed to be a boy named Eitan, who according to Israel's official account on X (formerly Twitter), was celebrating his fifth birthday when he was killed by Hamas gunmen. 'Instead of celebrating his birthday, his parents will mourn their child's death on the day he was born for the rest of their lives,'
Speaking to Haaretz, Shmulik Harel said 'Dozens of terrorists entered Kisufi and broke into houses' in the Kibbutz, home to fewer than 300 people.
'From outside they called 'IDF, IDF (Israel Defense Forces)' so that we felt safe and could come out. But the majority of residents suspected that something was wrong.'
He told the Israeli newspaper that he was on the phone with Semiatich just moments before the Hamas terrorists broke into her home. Once inside, they dragged her out of her shelter and executed her on her living room floor.
Semiatich's grandson Harel also described how, in Kissufim, 'terrorists entered homes, killed the residents and stayed there for hours. Meanwhile, they also continued to set homes on fire
'In one instance, a friend heard cries for help from elderly people, he covered himself with a sheet, and rescued them from the flames,' he said. 'They ravaged the houses, looted, killed and destroyed anything in their path.'
His is one of countless horrific stories that have emerged since the barbaric terrorist attack carried out by Hamas shook Israel to its core.
And since the army, police and other officials have moved in, even more atrocities have been uncovered, with reports of murdered children and babies.
Investigators are still finding bodies and piecing together the full picture of the violence that was carried out by the Palestinian gunmen against them.
A 90-year-old Holocaust survivor was among Hamas attack victims
