The Full Testimony
Testimony of
Nikita Soumrov
A barrage of rockets rained down on Nahal Oz on Saturday morning, followed by the sound of gunfire from light weapons. Nikita and Sara Soumrov locked their home and gathered in the dark, safe room. Social media showed a terrifying picture of what was happening in the kibbutz. Inside the safe room, their primary concern was focused on ensuring their young son's survival by any means. Simultaneously, Nikita was worried about his family in the kibbutz—his two grandmothers, his parents, and his younger brother, who, like him, were locked in a safe room under the terrorist attack, as well as his younger brother at the nature party that was also attacked. Nikita bid farewell to his parents and brother through WhatsApp messages and continued to focus on protecting his son's life. The soldiers who came to rescue them were seen as angels. The entire family survived that Saturday. Today, they live in Mishmar HaEmek and are grateful for the warm welcome they received. The future is uncertain, but Nikita wants to raise his children in Nahal Oz, where his home is and where the community to which he belongs resides
Place of the event:
Nahal Oz
Name:
Nikita Soumrov
Organization:
None
Language:
English
Credit:
Date: 01.05.2024
Interview: Shalhevet Ofir
Photography: Moshe Schiff
Video Editing: Yuval Brill
Content Editing: Noah Bar Gosen
Translation: Karen Ettinger
Other media
Matar Belzer
They didn't know that there were 3,000-4,000 people in actual danger of their lives - Matar Belzer
Dany Zernitsky
The iron scars will remain with everyone who experienced the Shabbat in October; we must deal with them. - Dany Zernitsky
Yaell Malka
Everyone came and left with weapons and were alert and tense. You could feel it in the air. - Yaell Malka
Lina Orlov, Rotem Yaakobi
Three hundred bodies on the road, all around, people shot still inside the vehicle, bodies... and no one is here - Lina Orlov, Rotem Yaakobi
Idan Caspi
I understood that they were aiming for my head. If the balloon hadn't been there, it would have hit my head. - Idan Caspi
Nofar Gahali
No one prepares you— not for this pain nor for the scenarios you've seen there. - Nofar Gahali
Laura Lotem Chezes
“Everything was out, the bedroom, the kitchen. I looked at the living room and saw that they had broken the window there and came through it. I “flew” back to the safe room”. - Laura Lotem Chezes
Tali Hadad
“I said to the guy: "listen, I’m going to get the car and evacuate casualties. He said: “go, your a hero”” - Tali Hadad
