Adi Efrat News Today

DUP MP Ian Paisley has been criticised for his heated contribution to the Gaza ceasefire debate in Westminster, prompting a warning from the Deputy Speaker.

We’ve been on high alert since October 7. How do we ensure our kids remain proud of being Jewish while keeping safe on the streets?

Good evening. Michael Gove has suggested that Covid was “man-made”, as he gave evidence to the official inquiry into the pandemic. Elsewhere, all 41 workers trapped in the collapsed tunnel in the northern Himalayas have been safely rescued after 17 days stuck underground.

In this bonus episode of Battle Lines, we hear from Naomi Greenaway, Deputy Editor of the Telegraph Magazine, who tells the story Adi Efrat.

Join the Telegraph's top journalists as they analyse the conflict in Israel and Gaza from all angles and tell you what you need to know

Good evening. Four bodies have been recovered from a car in Wales, after a search for missing teenagers. Elsewhere, tomorrow’s Autumn Statement is expected to feature Jeremy Hunt introducing pension “pots for life”.

For Adi Efrat, 51, life will forevermore be split in two – before and after October 7, the day Hamas terrorists took her from her home on Kibbutz Be’eri, the day her house was scorched to the ground, the day dozens of her friends and neighbours were murdered. Over 12 hours she was held captive by Hamas and ended up alone with 15 terrorists, until a gun battle with the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) forced them to retreat. By a “miracle” and the fortitude of those soldiers, Efrat survived, a...

DISTRESSING CONTENT WARNING: Adi Efrat also described a toddler being brutally thrown to the ground by one gunman.

Enveloped in a stench of blood, the shattered remains of the region's flagship kibbutz shows the scope and cruelty of a well-planned massacre

From the blog of Dan Zamansky at The Times of Israel