
Testimony Excerpt

From Beri Meirovich’s testimony: “The situation wasn’t good. Lots of terrorists inside the kibbutz”
The Full Testimony

Testimony of
Beri Meirovich
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Early on Saturday morning, Beri Meirovich, commander of Nahal Oz’s Civil Security Squad, left his family in the safe room and went out with his deputy, Nissan, to fight dozens of terrorists who invaded the kibbutz. Conducting house to house gun battles,rescuing the injured, and directing army forces, once those arrived, they led the efforts to defend Nahal Oz. When the fighting was over Beri took charge of evacuating all residents to safety. After the October 7 events, he was made one of Nahal Oz’s community managers."
Place of the event:
Nahal Oz
Name:
Beri Meirovich
Organization:
Civil organization
Language:
Hebrew
Credit:
Date: 15.11.2023
Interview: Shalhevet Ofir
Photography: Moshe Schiff
Video Editing: Yuval Brill
Content Editing: Noah Bar Gosen
Translation: Talya Tibbon
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