In addition to the numerous reports of atrocities during Hamas terrorist attacks against civilians in the Israeli border area, there are also positive points. An Israeli journalist has described how former deputy chief of staff Yair Golan unhesitatingly helped save his son’s life during a terrorist attack on a music festival. Golan is now a civilian and former politician for the left-liberal Meretz party.
“I called Yair Golan and asked him for help,” said journalist Nir Gontarz, describing the anxious hours in which his son had to hide from the terrorists who were putting his life in danger. Golan, whom he had not met in person before, asked for his son’s exact location and immediately said, “I’ll get him for you.” Shortly afterwards, the rescuer left the danger zone with his son in the car, dropped him off and went straight back to take other young people to safety.
The story of a young woman who, as the leader of a group of armed volunteers, saved the lives of everyone in the city of Nir Am through her shrewd reaction, also caused great admiration in Israel. The 26-year-old was woken early in the morning by the rocket alarm and was instructed by the military to wake up her team, the Jerusalem Post wrote on Thursday. She had a bad feeling and handed weapons to her team. That was the only reason why the twelve volunteers were prepared and shot several attackers before they could even enter the city.
The story of an elderly couple in Ofakim who survived hostage taking by terrorists has also been in the Israeli media for days. The Arabic-speaking woman later said she offered her captors cookies and tea and sang songs with them in Hebrew and Arabic. The Times of Israel wrote that she managed to hold off the terrorists, who also threatened her with a deactivated hand grenade, for 15 hours. A police team then entered the house and shot the five kidnappers.