DIARY: Under siege by Hamas militants, a hometown and the lives within it are scarred forever – Winnipeg Free Press
Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada
Stay updated with breaking news from Roei Dan. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada
While I live in Jerusalem, where I work as a cameraman for The Associated Press, I was raised in Ofakim, a city a half-hour drive from the border with Gaza. When hundreds of militants poured over the border from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel that Saturday, I was staying with my wife’s parents, marking the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, a jubilant festival that will from now on be remembered as the country’s darkest day. Ofakim, like many other communities in southern Israel, has for the last two decades been the target of rocket attacks from Gaza.
An Associated Press cameraman recounts the terror his family and the closeknit community of Ofakim endured during Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel.