An Israeli-American family of six killed by Hamas militants on October 7 sent text messages to their relatives telling them they had made it to safety, only to then send heartbreaking messages in their final minutes as they were murdered in their home. .
“They are here. They are burning us. We are suffocating,” Yonatan (Johnny) Kedem Siman Tov texted his sister Ranae Butler, who lives in Israel, The Independent reported.
Tov, his wife Tamar Kedem-Siman Tov, 35, and their three children (twins Shahar and Arbel, 6, and Omer, 4), as well as his mother, Carol Siman Tov, 70, They were all murdered in the family home in Nir Oz, a kibbutz on the outskirts of Gaza.
The family fled to “safe rooms” after Hamas militants fired a barrage of rockets. Once inside, they sent text messages to family and friends telling them they were safe.
“Hey guys, we made it to the shelter at our house, we are all doing well,” Tamar texted a loved one.
But an hour later, the messages stopped.
Hamas militants broke into their home and shot them dead in their safe room.
An Israeli-American family had texted relatives what they thought they needed to do to be safe, only to then send heartbreaking messages in their final minutes as they were murdered in their home.Tamar Kedem/Facebook Yonatan (Johnny) Kedem Siman Tov, his wife Tamar Kedem -Siman Tov, 35, and their three children were killed in the attacks. Facebook/Tamar Kedem Carol Siman Tov, 70, mother of Yonatan (Johnny) Kedem Siman Tov, was also murdered in the family’s home in Nir Oz. kelly.ann.9022/Facebook
“Our hearts are broken,” family friend Yishai Lacob posted on Facebook, according to The Sun.
“An entire family was murdered by evil killers who shot children and parents simply because they were Jews. And this is just one story, among many. It is unbearable”.
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