Kfar Aza Resident Returns Home, Recounts Trauma of October 7th
Translated & summarized from Maariv by baba
Shimon Elqabetz returned to his home in Kibbutz Kfar Aza three years after losing his daughter Sivan and her partner Naoor Hassidim on October 7th. He recounted 22 hours of fear and receiving a final message from Sivan stating Hamas terrorists were at her window. Elqabetz believes returning to live securely in Kfar Aza is the greatest victory and is working to preserve the memory of the events.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Shimon Elqabetz returned to his Kfar Aza home three years after losing his daughter and her partner on October 7th.
- Elqabetz described 22 hours of fear and receiving a final message from his daughter Sivan as terrorists were at her window.
- The bodies of Sivan and Naoor Hassidim were recovered from their home and officially identified a week later.
- Elqabetz stated that returning to live securely in Kfar Aza would be their greatest victory.
- He is working to preserve the memory of the October 7th events for the younger generation.
Shimon Elqabetz has returned to his home in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, three years after the October 7th massacre, during which he lost his daughter Sivan and her partner Naoor Hassidim. Elqabetz described 22 hours of intense fear, subsisting on "difficult WhatsApp messages" about the events unfolding in the kibbutz. His daughter Sivan's last message arrived at 11:12 AM, where she pleaded with him to ensure his and his wife's safety, stating, 'We are hiding under the bed, they are at my window.'
The full extent of the tragedy was revealed on Sunday afternoon when Elqabetz and his family returned to the Dor Alon gas station near the kibbutz after being evacuated to Tel Aviv. There, they were informed that two bodies had been recovered from Sivan's home. Official identification of the bodies as Sivan and Naoor came a week later, on Friday, allowing for their burial.
Elqabetz expressed his belief that the greatest victory would be to return and live in Kfar Aza with significant security, protected by soldiers. He is working to preserve the memory of what happened in the kibbutz, particularly for the younger generation.
