A heroic 22-year-old Israeli ambulance paramedic spent his last days trying to help the wounded in a clinic overrun by rampaging Hamas terrorists, as revealed in heartbreaking text messages sent to his siblings as the massacre unfolded.
Amit Mann spent six hours on Saturday sheltering in a medical facility at Kibbutz Be’eri in southern Israel near the Gaza border with corpses and bleeding victims, Israeli newspaper Ynet reported.
Throughout the ordeal, with armed militants closing in, Mann communicated with her siblings, Haviva Isaacson and Lior, via WhatsApp, repeatedly asking them for updates on troop movements and pleading for help.
“Do you have more medical personnel with the wounded?” asked Lior, to which Mann replied: “There’s a nurse and a dentist here. We do what we can.”
He said there were many injured people who were “bleeding out” but there was no way to evacuate them.
Lior asks if Mann can hear the gunfire outside.
Israeli ambulance paramedic Amit Mann, 22, was killed Saturday when Hamas terrorists stormed Kibbutz Be’eri. Haviva Man/Facebook Mann texted his sister in real time that terrorists attacked the clinic where he was taking refuge, surrounded by dead bodies and wounded victims. Haviva Man/Facebook In his last moments, Mann texted: “I don’t think I’m going to make it out of here. Please be patient if something happens to me.” Haviva Man/Facebook
“Yes. It never ends. It seems that there are more and more terrorists. They are in people’s homes. The troops were beaten,” Mann reported back.
Lior tries to reassure his brother, urging him not to lose hope and wait for the army to come and liberate the besieged clinic.
“It is a war and we will win — we are stronger,” he wrote. “Focus on taking care of yourself. It will end soon.”
Mann sheltered in place at the besieged clinic for six hours, repeatedly pleading with loved ones via text message for help. Haviva Man/Facebook Saturday’s violent attack on Kibbutz Be’eri claimed at least 108 lives.AP The Israeli military engaged Hamas terrorists in a battle at the kibbutz, but not before the militants stormed a local clinic.AP
Mann responded by saying: “I love you. Thank you.”
In a separate message to his other sister, Haviva, Mann said he hid in the clinic’s kitchen armed with a knife until the attackers took control of the site.
“They’re here. They’re in the clinic. I don’t think I’ll make it out of here.” Mann texted. “Please brace yourself if something happens to me.”
In his final moments, Mann managed to make a phone call to his family, where he could be heard crying over the sound of gunfire: “They’re attacking me! They shot me in the leg!”
The Mann brothers would spend the next two days frantically trying to track him down amid the chaos of Israel’s war on Hamas.
On Monday, the paramedic’s body was found along with at least 107 others in the battle-scarred kibbutz.
“My heart is broken and bleeding,” Lior told Ynet after learning of Amit’s death. “She is the princess of our house, the light of our life who lost her life in the battle for Be’eri, and as an experienced doctor, tried to save life until the last moment when she was killed by evil terrorists.”
Mann’s brothers, Haviva and Lior, were communicating with him during the ordeal and heard his dying cries: “They attacked me! They shot my legs!”Haviva Man/Facebook
Officials with Magen David Adom, Israel’s national ambulance service, issued a statement praising Mann for his bravery.
“Amit was a heroic paramedic who continued to treat the wounded even when terrorists tried to break into the clinic at Kibbutz Be’eri,” said service director General Eli Bin. “He sacrificed himself trying to protect the lives of patients – his priority was only what was best for them.”
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“His untimely passing leaves us shocked and pained. Magen David Adom appreciates all that Amit has done, and our employees and volunteers bow their heads and hug his family. May his memory be blessed,” he added.
Mann started his career in the ambulance service in 2015 as a youth volunteer. Four years ago, he qualified as an EMT and later as a paramedic, working in intensive care mobility in the Negev region of Israel.
Mann has been hailed as a hero by the Israeli ambulance service, where he has worked as an EMT and paramedic for the past four years. Mary and Ron/Facebook
“Throughout his time at MDA, Amit acted professionally, with a high sense of responsibility in his work,” the agency said. “Amit dreams of studying medicine and continuing to save lives.”
Saturday’s massacre at Kibbutz Be’eri claimed the lives of 10% of the rural community’s population, with reports out of Israel claiming that entire families were indiscriminately slaughtered in their homes.
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