The Full Testimony
Testimony of
Yehezkel Shahani
Yehezkel had only recently gone back to his apartment on the kibbutz, after being in the hospital for eight months with cancer. Then the war broke out. He grabbed his gun and ran to help the wife of the military security coordinator, his close friend. Her home had been invaded by terrorists. But on the way, the special patrol forces met him and ordered him to hide. He was in the safe room for 17 hours, with his dog, constantly watching the updates in his WhatsApp groups. He knew, in real time who had been killed, and made a video will. Now, at his parents' home in Ofakim, he is picking up the pieces and dreams of returning to the kibbutz. He admits that he sleeps in the living room with his loaded gun, because he no longer has any sense of security.
Place of the event:
Nahal Oz
Name:
Yehezkel Shahani
Organization:
None
Language:
English
Credit:
Videography: Ari Bloch
Interview: Tehila Darmon Malka
Video editing: Ilya Ginzburg
Content editing: Poli Kovadla Zaidfunden
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From Jude Ida Turgeman's testimony: "They realized that we might not live, they realized that their friends were being killed."
Etel Bennett
From Etel Bennett's testimony: "I said to my grandson: "I'm not Rambo. I'm not going to fight anyone with knives.""
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From Liat Ben- shimol's testimony: "The beautiful and pastoral moshav had turned into a war zone, a battlefield."
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From Rotem Israel's testimony: "I saw the barrel of a rifle between the closet and the wall, as if death was looking into my face"
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Sebastian Posdsamser
From MESHI FOLDES, Sebabstian Posdsamser's testimony: "I hear gunshots spinning by me from every direction."
Danny Garkovitch
From Danny Garkovitch's testimony: " I performed the tearing mourning ritual in my heart a long time ago."
Regina Solomon
From Regina Solomon's testimony: "“Nobody understands what’s going on; firing, loud noise and many missiles.”"
