An Israeli family of five, including 6-year-old twin girls and their 4-year-old brother, were killed by Hamas – shortly after their mother texted friends that they were taking shelter in a bomb shelter.
Tamar Kedem-Siman Tov and her husband Yonatan (Johnny) rushed to the fortress on Saturday with their daughters Shachar and Arbel and son Omer at their home in Nir Oz, a kibbutz on the outskirts of Gaza.
The 35-year-old woman sent her friends in Sydney, Australia, a WhatsApp message to let them know they were safe amid rockets fired by terrorists, The Sydney Morning Herald reported.
“Hey guys, we’re going into shelter at our house, we’re all going (SIC) okay,” the message, sent at 2:45 p.m. local time, read, according to the outlet.
But when Tamar stopped answering later, her friends Yishai and Mor Lacob began to panic.
An Israeli family of five — including 6-year-old twin girls and their 4-year-old brother — were reportedly killed by Hamas..Facebook/Tamar Kedem Yonatan (Johnny) Siman Tov, his wife, Tamar Kedem-Siman Tov, and their children — son daughters Shachar and 6-year-old Arbel and 4-year-old son Omer — reportedly killed by Hamas in their kibbutz. Facebook/Tamar Kedem
“It started to get really scary. We tried to contact him, he messaged. We are trying to talk to people there … people we may know in this area, we are harassing everyone,” Mor told the Morning Herald.
Friends Down Under finally get the shocking news that an entire family has been wiped out in the deadliest attack on the Jewish state since the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
Terrorists have broken into the safe room and killed the family in cold blood.
The family died inside their shelter Saturday in Nir Oz, a kibbutz on the outskirts of Gaza. Facebook/Tamar Kedem
Tamar, a community activist and women’s rights activist, recently campaigned to become head of the Eshkol Regional Council – and recently posted a family photo online with the caption: “It should be a good year for all of us,” according to the outlet .
“She is such a special woman. He always cared about the poor, always making sure that the less fortunate would have equal opportunities. He is a living example of these values,” said Mor.
Another friend, Tzofia Cohen, also mourned his death.
Yonatan and Tamar Kedem-Siman Tov.Facebook/Tamar Kedem
“Tamar Kedem-Siman Tov OBM, a famous activist, did everything he touched well, he was an excellent scout coordinator in Ashdod,” wrote on social media, Arutz Sheva reported, using the acronym for “blessed memory.”
Tamar was “a student in the generational pathway program at Kaye Academic College on the educational pathway where I teach, and she immediately went on to a master’s degree, very impressive,” Cohen wrote, referring to the school in Beersheba.
The family enjoys a night out by the pool in this undated photo.Facebook/Tamar Kedem The Siman-Tovs at a birthday celebration.Facebook/Bar Zalman
“Their holy memories should be a blessing. I very much hoped that they would be found, and the bitter news struck me; Tamar, my love, I can hardly believe; how could this happen?” he continued.
“What kind of lowlife kills babies with their parents? It’s so hard to think that you are no more. My heart goes out to your parents, your siblings, and Johnny’s family,” Cohen added.
Tamar’s husband is an operations manager and wheat grower in Nir Oz, which has a population of about 400 people in the northwestern Negev desert, the Morning Herald reported.
Mor told the outlet that the kibbutz was always seen as a safe place to raise a family despite its proximity to Gaza.
“They didn’t think something like that could happen,” he said of the tragic family.
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