A young Israeli couple murdered by Hamas terrorists in their home in Israel managed to save their 10-month-old twin babies from the same tragic fate by hiding them in a hidden shelter, it has emerged.
Itay and Hadar Berdichevsky, both 30, had only seconds to react when they heard the gunmen trying to break down their front door. They knew that otherwise their children would have no future.
The frightened parents desperately took their two babies to a hidden shelter just before Hamas terrorists stormed into their home, Israeli Ambassador to Colombia Gali Dagan revealed.
Itay and Hadar fought bravely against the gunmen before being shot in their attack on Israel that left more than 700 Israelis dead.
Amazingly, their two babies were found and rescued by Israeli soldiers after being left alone for more than 12 hours, Dagan said, praising the couple as “heroes” who “did everything to save their children.”
Itay and Hadar Berdichevsky (pictured with babies), both 30, had only seconds to react when they heard the gunmen trying to break down their front door, knowing that otherwise their children would have no future
The frightened parents had desperately placed their two babies in a hidden shelter just before Hamas terrorists stormed into their home, Israeli Ambassador to Colombia Gali Dagan revealed
Amazingly, her two babies were found and rescued by Israeli soldiers after being left alone for more than 12 hours
“They hid their 10-month-old twin children in the shelter while terrorists broke into their home,” Dagan wrote on Twitter. “Itay and Hadar were brutally murdered after fighting bravely against the terrorists.
“The babies were left alone for more than 12 hours until they were rescued.” Imagine the horror. Two frightened parents do everything they can to save their children, who are now orphans. Blessed be the memory of these heroes.’
Itay and Hadar are now among more than 700 Israelis killed by Hamas terrorists after the gunmen launched a surprise attack on Israel over the weekend.
The attacks came by land and air, with armed Hamas fighters flying into Israel on paragliders while other units cut wires in border fences and bulldozed walls to enter the country.
Harrowing videos shot by Hamas insurgents with helmet-mounted GoPro cameras and smartphones showed unsuspecting Israeli soldiers being gunned down in their barracks while others were beaten, tied up and marched away or bundled into cars and pickup trucks.
Israeli civilians, including women, were also tied up and thrown into the back seat in front of jeering terrorists.
In response, Israeli forces hit back fiercely, bombarding the Gaza Strip with airstrikes that have so far destroyed 1,000 Hamas targets and killed 560 Palestinians.
Israel’s 173,000 troops, including 8,000 of its fearsome elite commandos, are now preparing to launch a massive coordinated ground attack within the “next 48 hours” to destroy Hamas militants in Gaza, leading to fierce fighting in the streets.
The Israel Defense Forces have said they want to completely strip Hamas of its power to rule in Palestine after the country’s “worst day in history” in which the number of Israelis killed in the conflict is expected to continue to rise.
Hundreds of Palestinians, including children, were also killed and buildings reduced to rubble after Israel began its deadly revenge attack.
Israeli air strikes have killed 500 people so far and leveled much of the town of Beit Hanoun in the northeastern corner of the Palestinian enclave, which Hamas terrorists had used as a staging ground for their attacks.
In a statement, the Israeli Air Force said it had dropped around 2,000 munitions and more than 1,000 ton bombs on Gaza in the last 20 hours, targeting over 10,000 targets in Gaza.
The targets included three rocket launchers aimed at Israel, a mosque where militants operated and 21 high-rise buildings used for militant activity.
But Palestinians are preparing for an offensive of unprecedented scale on the tiny, crowded enclave, surpassing previous phases of destructive warfare that they fear will leave survivors destitute, without homes, water, electricity, hospitals or food.
“There is no need to think about it much.” “Israel has suffered the greatest loss in its history, so you can imagine what it will do,” said a resident of Beit Hanoun, on Gaza’s northeastern border with Israel.
“I took my family with me at sunrise, and dozens of other families did the same.” “Many of us received calls and audio messages from Israeli security officials asking us to leave because they were operating there,” he said.
Palestinians search for survivors after an Israeli airstrike on buildings in Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on Monday
A fireball erupts during the Israeli bombardment of Gaza City on Friday
Israeli airstrikes destroyed buildings and cars in al-Shati refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on Monday
Families began stockpiling food as soon as Saturday’s attack began, but fear supplies will run out despite Hamas’ assurances.
And now Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has warned that the price Gaza would pay will “change reality for generations,” and Israel imposed a total blockade with a ban on food and fuel imports as part of the fight against “animals.” .
The measures will essentially create siege-like conditions that will cause the millions of Palestinians living in the tiny, fenced-off region to begin starving as they come under aerial attack.
Israeli soldiers, supported by helicopters, killed at least two gunmen who crossed the northern border from Lebanon today. This is a sign of a possible new front opening as Israeli forces continue to fight Hamas terrorists in the south.
Artillery shelling and gunfire were heard on Lebanon’s southern border with Israel, a local journalist said.
Earlier, the Israeli army said its forces were in “full control of communities” in its southern territory near the Gaza Strip – hours after it said it was fighting Hamas terrorists in “seven to eight” locations in the south.
“We have full control over the communities,” military spokesman Daniel Hagari told reporters.
But he said fighting was still raging in places inside Israel where militants were still holed up after killing 700 Israelis and taking dozens of hostages in a raid that shattered Israel’s reputation for invincibility.
“We are now conducting searches in all communities and clearing the area,” he said in a televised news conference.
Military officials had previously said their focus was on securing the Israeli side of the border ahead of a major escalation of the counteroffensive in Gaza.
But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu officially declared war on Sunday and vowed to “completely destroy the military and governance capabilities” of Hamas, which has deep roots in the Gaza Strip and has ruled unchallenged since 2007.
Hagari said 300,000 reservists had been called up by the military since Saturday, suggesting major fighting and a possible ground attack on Gaza were imminent.