A chilling newly released video appears to show the moment a heroic off-duty Israeli soldier threw hand grenades at Hamas terrorists after they tossed them inside a crowded bomb shelter, where he eventually died.
Sargeant. Aner Shapira, 22, was among a group of Israelis attending the Tribe of Nova music festival who fled to shelter at Kibbutz Re’im on October 7 when Hamas launched its invasion of the Jewish state.
Shapira’s mother told Kan News that her son was near the shelter entrance to protect the approximately 30 people sheltering inside.
“He stood at the entrance, threw the grenades and managed to save many people,” he said in Hebrew.
A four-minute dashcam video posted Tuesday by the South First Responders group on Telegram shows the terrorists throwing a grenade into the shelter before a man runs away.
Heartbreaking video has emerged of Hamas terrorists throwing grenades into a shelter, where off-duty Israeli soldier Aner Shapira threw several at them before being killed.X/@manniefabian
They are then seen opening fire on the fleeing Israeli, who apparently died.
The terrorists are also seen apparently firing a rocket-propelled grenade at the structure while spraying it with bullets and also throwing hand grenades.
As they do so, Shapira throws at least seven of the unexploded grenades at them as they run for cover, the video shows.
Video posted by South First Responders shows terrorists attacking the structure. X/@manniefabian At one point, an Israeli man escaped from the shelter but was shot by terrorists. X/@manniefabian At the end of the video, one of the grenades thrown back by Shapira is seen exploding.X/@manniefabian
The soldier eventually suffered fatal injuries when a grenade exploded, but not before saving about seven of the other Israelis inside the shelter, according to the Times of Israel.
“Shapira ultimately died from injuries sustained while keeping the terrorists at bay, while fighting to save the lives of his fellow partygoers,” South First Responders said Tuesday.
“Some of those he protected survived the attack on the shelter to tell their heroic story,” the group added.
Aner Shapira with his father, Moshe Shapira.Facebook/Moshe Shapira
During the incident, Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, was seen dazed and shaken moments after the terrorists blew off his arm in the attack.
His parents, Rachel Goldberg and Jon Polin, have said they are determined to bring their son home.
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They recently paid tribute to Shapira’s bravery.
“He’s the real hero,” Goldberg said.
Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin was seriously injured during the attack on the shelter.CNN
Shapira was the great-grandson of Haim Moshe Shapira, a former Israeli minister who signed the Israeli Declaration of Independence.
In 1957, he was reportedly injured when a Jewish immigrant threw a grenade at an Israeli government building.
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