Testimony Excerpt
"I realized that I didn't know if we would ever get out of there" - Kapustiansky family testimony
The Full Testimony
Testimony of
Rona Kapustiansky
On Shabbat morning, the family was woken up by alerts from their app. They rushed into the safe room. Later, they saw pleas for help written in the kibbutz WhatsApp group, and messages about people who were killed. The mother held the door of the safe room closed from the inside for 12 hours. When the dogs barked, she knew the terrorists were coming towards their house, but fortunately, they did not break in. The family stayed in the safe room for over 24 hours.
Place of the event:
Re'im
Name:
Rona Kapustiansky
Organization:
None
Language:
Hebrew
Credit:
Date: 12.10.2023
Interview: Gil Levin
Photography: Shirly Foox
Video Editing: Barak Luman, Binyamin Shilo
Content Editing: Lilach Naishtat
Translation: Helene Hart
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