October 11th 2023.
Galit Dan, a 53-year-old Israeli mother, is living every parent's worst nightmare. Her 12-year-old daughter, Noya, and her 80-year-old grandmother, Carmela, are feared to have been taken hostage by Hamas.
Galit had dropped Noya off for a sleepover at her grandmother's house just hours before Hamas attacked. When the invasion began, Galit, Noya's stepdad, and her other daughter Tomal, nine, fled to a fortified panic room.
It was then that Galit received a heartbreaking voice message from her daughter. Noya had said, "Mummy I'm scared. There are people in the house— help me." Nothing has been heard from her or her grandmother since.
Galit told The Sun how the pain is indescribable. "My little girl went for a sleepover with her granny and was messaging us as these animals came for them. Our best hope now is that they have been kidnapped and will somehow survive."
Noya's stepdad, Inon, revealed that Noya has high-functioning autism and is easily distressed by noise. He said, "It was heartbreaking hearing her last voice message begging for help when we were so powerless and surrounded by men trying to kill us." He also added that he could hear Hamas soldiers shouting, "slaughter the Jews," as the invasion started.
The Israel-Hamas war has claimed at least 2,100 lives on both sides. Israeli forces have vowed to turn the Gaza Strip into ‘rubble’ and have launched retaliatory strikes in over 200 locations. At least 140 Palestinian children have been killed by the Israeli military as they launched an offensive on Gaza.
Galit is desperate to see her beautiful daughter home and beg anyone with power to do whatever they can. "I am living every parent’s nightmare — every parent in the world will feel our pain," she said.
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