"Israeli Woman's Heroic Acts Amidst Hamas Attacks Inspire Hope"

Rachel Edry, a woman in her seventies from Ofakim, showed remarkable bravery and hospitality when Hamas terrorists invaded her home during the recent Gaza Strip onslaught. She treated the terrorists politely, serving them treats, joking with them in rudimentary Arabic, and even singing with them. This semblance of hospitality may have saved her and her husband's lives. After 15 hours, the police broke into the duplex, killing all five terrorists and reuniting the couple unharmed with their children. The Edrys' survival is one of the few bright spots shining against the dark aftermath of the massacre, and their story is part of a trickle of inspiring anecdotes emerging alongside countless accounts of atrocities and tragedies.