DEAD SEA, Israel – Some 250,000 Israelis have evacuated their homes due to fighting in both the southern and northern border areas. Many are in hotels not knowing what the future holds. But despite the trauma and uncertainty, Israelis remain standing strong.
At one luxurious hotel on at the Dead Sea, where visitors from the around the world come to relax, about 1,000 Israelis from Kibbutz Be’eri are staying after they were forced to flee their homes after Hamas attacked on October 7. Although they were thankful for the refuge, it was clear they were not there on a vacation.
Some told their harrowing stories to journalists at a recent briefing.
“I was in my safe room in the morning. They came to my house. They ruined everything. But I’m still alive and I’m still here. And what the most important thing for us now, for my family now, is to bring my sister and my brother-in-law back home,” said Ayelet Hakim.
Hamas kidnapped Hakim’s sister Raz and brother-in-law Ohad Ben Ami that day. The family holds out hope for their return.
“I’m very stressed every day and we don’t know anything about their physical condition,” said a tearful Yulie Ben Ami,
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