The Full Testimony
Testimony of
Yosef Aziadna
Yosef Aziadna, 47 years old, is married and the father of seven. He is a member of the Zaidna tribe from Rahat and has worked as a hired shuttle driver all his life. On Friday night, he drove some young people from Omer to a party in Re'im and planned to pick them up the next day at noon. At 6:00, he received a call for help and left under a barrage of missiles. On his way through the fields, he picked up 30 young people who had escaped from the party in a minibus that usually can carry up to 14 passengers and evacuated them to Tze'elim and Omer. Since then, Yosef has received thanks from citizens, survivors, and their parents.
Regarding the title "hero," he says: "I didn't wait for it, and I didn't expect to be called a hero. I'm Israeli, and they're Israelis... We're all human. I did what is expected of a human being."
His cousin was murdered in Zikim Beach, and four members of his family were kidnapped to Gaza (Aisha and her brother were released). He received a threatening phone call from a Hamas man in Gaza for saving Jews. Today, he is dealing with anxiety, lack of sleep, and lack of work.
Place of the event:
Nova
Name:
Yosef Aziadna
Organization:
None
Language:
Hebrew
Credit:
Date: 24.12.2023
Interview: Dori Sella
Photography: Neta Dekel
Video Editing: Rony Alfandary
Content Editing: Hamutal Prat
Translation: Orni Danziger
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
