Israeli mum who escaped Hamas with newborn learns that husband is dead on live TV
This is the heartbreaking moment a young mother cradling a newborn is told her husband has been killed during a live interview. Warning: This footage may upset readers.
An Israeli mother found out her missing husband was dead during a live TV interview after he disappeared in the Kfar Aza massacre.
Shaylee Atary and her newborn daughter Shaya escaped after more than 24 hours of hiding in a warehouse with no food or water while Hamas terrorists tried to break into their home.
When she heard the gunmen getting closer again, she ran across the lawn as the terrorists fired at her.
This was the same village where gunmen massacred families, including 40 babies and children, in an attack which has sparked global outrage.
Speaking to Sky News, Ms Atary said her husband Yahav Winner had been missing since the kibbutz came under attack from some 70 Hamas terrorists at dawn on Saturday.
Footage – which the family gave permission to be aired – shows Ms Atary clutching her one-month-old newborn as she says her filmmaker husband could be “injured somewhere” or “kidnapped”.
During the interview, Ms Atary then appears to speak to her mother, who has dropped to the floor in the hallway with her head in her hands after receiving a sickening update in a phone call from the Israel Defence Forces.
The young mother repeatedly shouts “Ma, Ma” as her mother stays silent and other family members quickly take the newborn from her hands so she can find out what has happened.
She then starts to wail uncontrollably as relatives gather around her.
Sky’s chief correspondent Stuart Ramsay, who was conducting the interview, said: “This is the horror of war.
“The family has allowed us to show this so that everyone understands what it is like.”
Meanwhile, a brave teenage Israeli guard has been hailed a hero after she died while gunning down three terrorists.
Ravit Hana Assayag, 19, died while trying to save her fellow soldiers and protect a village from Hamas gunmen during a horror attack on Saturday.
The teen officer was shot in the mouth during the attack by a heavily armed gang who stormed the village of Yakhini in Southern Israel.
She killed three of the gunmen but was fatally wounded when she bravely rushed into a wooden shed where the terrorists were hiding.
The 19-year-old guard had just cut short a family holiday to New York so she could return to Israel and join the fight against Hamas.
“Ravit insisted on going in first. She was killed but she saved the unit, she saved the operation,” Commander Baruch Honig told mourners.
“We were in an olive grove and had been fighting for several hours. We shot eight of them. Ravit killed three.
“We thought they were all dead. We did a sweep of the area and Ravit went to check a shed in the olive grove.
“She insisted on going in first. She asked me to cover her. She was shot. But if she had not gone in there, he would have wiped us all out. She saved the unit.”
These are some of the 900 Israelis killed since Hamas launched its surprise attack on the weekend.
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GRANDMA BAYDER
Mor and Adi Bayder said their grandmother, whose name has not been released, was murdered by Hamas terrorists who posted the killing on the dead woman’s own Facebook account.
The family only learned of their death after “terribly cruel” terrorists “filmed and uploaded” images online.
“I never thought I would reach such a reality at all,” said Adi Bayder in a tribute post.
The grandmother, a resident of the Nir Oz Kibbutz near the Gaza border, spoke to her family when the assault began.
“She told us that she was OK,” Adi Bayder said. But a short while later, she had stopped answering calls.
“A terrorist came home to her, killed her, took her phone, filmed the horror and published it on her Facebook wall. This is how we found out,” Mor Bayder added in another post.
MAPAL ADAM
Ma’ayan Adam, 36, an Israeli news TV host who appeared on the nation’s version of Dancing With The Stars, announced the “execution style” death of her younger sister, Mapal, 27, at the Supernova Festival.
In a heartbreaking message to her 300,000 Instagram followers, Ma’ayan said her sister was killed while being held by her boyfriend, who was shot in the back. He is expected to survive.
“On Saturday afternoon, in this idyllic setting, Mapal, our baby, hid underneath a truck and pretended as if she were dead,” Ma’ayan wrote.
“She held out for hours and didn’t move until terrorists killed her execution style.”
TAMAR, YONATAN, SHACHAR, ARBEL, OMER KEDEM-SIMAN TOV
The State of Israel and Israeli media confirmed that this entire family, Tamar Kedem-Siman Tov, her husband Yonatan and their children Shachar, 6, Arbel, 6, and Omer, 4, were murdered by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Nir Oz.
The official X account of Israel shared the selfie photo of the family members saying: “Tamar, Yonatan and their children Shachar, Arbel, Omer. An entire family wiped out by Hamas terrorists. ‘There are no words. May their memory be a blessing.”
The family had friends in Sydney Australia, who they had contacted before they were killed after a bunker they were in was breached, Nine Newspapers reports.
Israel’s former prime minister Naftali Bennett, wrote on X: “An entire family murdered in cold blood. Look at their happy faces. Their love. All of them murdered by Palestinian terrorists at Nir-Oz kibbutz. Just because they’re Jews.”
Tamar is an advisor to the Ministry of the Interior in the Department of Regional Cooperation and Clusters.
ITAY AND HADAR BERDICHEVSKY
The Israeli couple were murdered by Hamas terrorists in their home in Israel but they somehow managed to save their 10-month-old twin babies by hiding them in a hidden shelter.
Israeli ambassador to Colombia Gali Dagan said they “bravely fought” the gunmen before they were shot and killed.
“They hid their 10-month-old twin children in the shelter while terrorists infiltrated their home,” Dagan wrote on X.
“Itay and Hadar were brutally murdered after bravely fighting the terrorists.
“The babies were left alone for more than 12 hours until they were rescued. Imagine the horror. Two terrified parents doing everything they can to save their children, who are now orphaned. Blessed be the memory of these heroes.”
LIOR ASULIN
Former Israeli pro soccer player Lior Asulin was killed during the Hamas attack over the weekend while celebrating his 43rd birthday.
Asulin, a striker, was partying at the Supernova festival near Kibbutz Re’im when Hamas gunmen opened fire, killing the footballer and hundreds of others, according to reports.
Asulin had a 20-year professional career from 1997 to 2017. He played in the Israeli Premier League for teams such as Hapoel Tel Aviv, Beitar Jerusalem and Maccabi Herzliya, while also having a spell on loan in Cyprus with Apollon Limassol. He was one of the top strikers in the Israeli domestic league in 2004 and scored 88 goals and won the 2004 Israeli Cup with Bnei Sakhnin.
Hapoel Tel Aviv confirmed his death with a post on Twitter/X expressing their condolences to Asulin’s family.
“With great sadness, after many hours when he was declared missing, we have been informed that our former player Lior Asulin was murdered by terrorists at the party in Re’im,” Hapoel announced.
“The Hapoel Tel Aviv club bows its head and sends condolences and strength to Lior’s family at this difficult time.”
NATHANEL YOUNG
Nathanel Young, a 20-year-old man from London who was a corporal in the Israel Defense Forces, was killed in the Hamas attacks, according to his family.
“We’re heartbroken to share that our little brother Nathanel Young was tragically killed on the Gaza border yesterday.”
Mr Young was a former pupil at JFS, a Jewish school in north London, the Jewish News reported. They shared a post on Facebook saying: “We’re heartbroken to share that our little brother Nathanel Young was tragically killed on the Gaza Border yesterday.”
Young had been serving with the IDF when he was killed on the Gaza border on Saturday.
His brother, Eliot Young, said Nathanel had been “the life of the party” and was “loved by everyone”, according to the BBC.
He “loved music and was a talented DJ” and “always had strong Jewish pride”.
He was a “bubbly guy who his four nieces loved playing with”, his brother added.
“When Nathanel could have taken his days off to sleep and re-energise, he instead found out where the family was, which wasn’t always so close to him, and came to join us.”
More than 10 British citizens are feared dead or missing in Israel after the weekend’s attack by Hamas, an official UK source has told the BBC.
JAKE MARLOWE
Young Briton Jake Marlowe was acting as a security guard at the Supernova music festival where 260 people were killed by invading Hamas militants. He is missing and presumed dead.
His mother, Mrs Marlowe, said: “He called me at 4.30am to say all these rockets were flying over. Then, at about 5.30am, he texted to say ‘Signal very bad, everything OK, will keep you updated, I promise you’.”
An Israeli embassy spokesman said ‘We don’t know for sure that he is taken hostage or dead or in a hospital.”
BERNARD COWAN
Scottish man Bernard Cowan, was killed during the horror attacks by Hamas, his family confirmed, according to the Scottish Sun.
The 57-year-old grew up near Glasgow before moving to the Middle East.
His brother, Colin Cowan, shared on Facebook: “Yesterday my brother was murdered by the terrorist Hamas. He was the kindest, most generous person you would ever meet, and would go out of his way to help others. We are all heartbroken.”
His sister Laura added: “Yesterday my dear brother Bernard was shot dead murdered by Hamas.”
His cousin Simon Gordon posted to Twitter or X that Bernard was “murdered in cold blood in his home.” He added: “And when I thought the shock of what happened in Israel yesterday couldn’t get worse. I find out a cousin was killed. Bernard Cowan, nice guy, kids etc. Gone.”
DAN DARLINGTON
British photographer Dan Darlington’s sister said he was murdered by terrorists alongside his close friend on Saturday, according to The Independent.
Originally from the UK but living in Berlin and travelling to Israel, Dan had been due to return to Tel Aviv on Friday but tragically decided to stay in a remote area and explore with his German friend Carolin Bohl.
His sister Shelley Darlington posted on social media: “My baby brother, Dan, was murdered by terrorists on Saturday morning on our kibbutz, Nir Oz, alongside his beautiful friend Carolin.
“At this stage, we do not have concrete details or any official information on what exactly happened to them both. Our community has been destroyed.
“My family are in contact with the embassy and Israeli officials to try to recover his body and bring him home to the UK.”
Thanking friends and family for their support, she added: “Knowing how many people loved and cared for Danny, and reading your memories of him will never bring him back, but it does offer a slither of comfort to the indescribable pain I am feeling.”
Stories shared to Mr Darlington’s Instagram three days before the attack show him and Carolin at the beach, riding their bikes and taking selfies.
CAROLIN BOHL
German traveller Carolin Bohl, 22, was with her boyfriend Dan Darlington and staying an extra day at a kibbutz when she was killed alongside her friend in the Hamas attack.
Ms Bohl’s sister took to Instagram to say they had “learned from Carolin’s friend on the ground” that the two had been killed during the dawn attack on Saturday.
The Evening Standard reported that Ms Bohl’s sister Anja Pasquesi said on Sunday night the family had received news of her death from a friend “on the ground” in Israel.
She had been hiding in a bunker on the kibbutz with Dan Darlington as the Hamas militants raided it.
SHLOMI AND SHACHA
This Israeli couple were killed in their home by the Hamas militants. The State of Israel’s official Twitter account posted their first names only but said the couple left behind children who are now orphans.
ABI KORIN
Abi Korin, 56, was the son of Moshe Korin, a prominent communal leader in Argentina who directed the Ramat Shalom primary school in Buenos Aires and served as the local Jewish organisation’s culture secretary. Abi Korin moved to Israel in the 1980s and had three children. He was a resident of Kibbutz Holit. His daughter Sara told local media that he put up a fight against Hamas attackers but was killed. “He fell fighting,” she said.
SILVIA MIRENSKY
Silvia Mirensky, 80, moved to Israel from Argentina more than 50 years ago with her husband and sons. She lived in Ein Hashlosha, a kibbutz near Gaza that was popular with immigrants from South America. According to the Israel Times, her sister told media that Silvia lost her life in the Hamas attack when terrorists breached her security room and set it on fire.
RODY SKARISZEWSKI
Another transplant from Argentina, Rodolfo “Rody” Fabián Skariszewski, 56, lived in Ohad, a small farming community in southern Israel near the Gaza border and was killed during the attack.
“I don’t know who I am without you,” his daughter Danielle posted on Facebook. “You are my heart.”
A graduate of the ORT Jewish high school in Buenos Aires and the Hechalutz Lamerchav youth movement, Rody was the father of three.
RONIT RUDMAN SULTAN
Ronit Rudman Sultan, 55, was killed at Kibbutz Holit along with her husband Rolan. According to local media, she had lived in Israel for 35 years since moving there from Buenos Aires and is survived by two sons and a grandson.
– With AFP
Originally published as Israeli mum who escaped Hamas with newborn learns that husband is dead on live TV
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