Israeli families near Gaza search for missing loved ones, wait for proof of life

[Michie]

JERUSALEM (OSV News) — Just before the children in her kindergarten class went on vacation for the Jewish Sukkot festival, Romina Shvalb, 42, a kindergarten teacher in the quiet Israeli kibbutz of Nir Oz near the Gaza border, had baked challah — the braided sweet bread Jews traditionally eat on the Sabbath and holidays — with the children.

They had enjoyed eating in the Sukkah, a temporary hut Jews build for the holiday, she said, and made decorations to hang from the roof and sides of the structure.

But by the end of the weeklong holiday, Shvalb, who is originally from Cordoba, Argentina and now lives with her family in Ofakim, a town near Nir Oz, had been through her worst nightmare as thousands of Hamas terrorists breached the border barrier from Gaza and conducted a massacre of more than 1,200 Israelis, including at least 22 Americans as well as other nationals, in the small farming communities and towns along the border.

Israelis held captive in Gaza​

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Israeli families near Gaza search for missing loved ones, wait for proof of life

Just before the children in her kindergarten class went on vacation for the Jewish Sukkot festival, Romina Shvalb, 42, a kindergarten teacher in the quiet Israeli kibbutz of Nir Oz near the Gaza border, had baked challah -- the braided sweet bread Jews traditionally eat on the Sabbath and...

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[JimR-OCDS]

Hamas charter is to kill every Jew in Israel. They are no doubt a terrorist organization
and like other terrorists, use innocent people as human shields.

Netanyahu has had enough with this attack and will kill Hamas members where they hide
even if it means killing the innocent Palestinian civilians to get them.

Can't say I blame him, but this has been brewing for a long time now. President
Obama had a better knowledge on Islam than Trump or Biden ever had.

Trashing the Iranian nuclear deal that Obama got signed, was the worse move the US
could ever have made. It gave the US no credibility on any agreements made throughout
the world.

FYI, remember, Iranians are Shiite Muslims and enemies of Sunnis and allow Christians and Zoroastrians
to live in Iran. The one thing that Hamas and Shiite Iran has in common is hatred for Israel and the US.

However, Sunni nations like Saudi Arabia, only allow Sunni Muslims into their nation.
In fact, Bibles are not allowed in Saudi Arabia and will be confiscated and destroyed
by officials at the airport. Pakistan executes non-Muslims especially Christians, for
what they declare as blaspheme.