A Son’s Dialog With His Mom as Gunmen Attacked Her Kibbutz

We have been corresponding till she wrote that they’re inside the home. After which communications stopped. The kibbutz was overrun. Everyone was locked of their homes. We heard gunshots. I heard them over the telephone outdoors the window. And she or he was hiding in her protected room. You recognize, she was joking. She — concerning the stuff she ought to have had within the protected room, like a bathroom or a knife. And she or he’s an especially nonviolent individual, so. However ultimately, she stated, “OK. The jokes can cease. I simply – I like you.” And I wrote her, “I like you.” And that’s it. It was very helpless, a helpless feeling. In my thoughts, I nonetheless not 100% positive if she’s in Gaza or she’s lifeless on the bottom in her home. She works within the peace trade. She was co-C.E.O. of a company. That they had tasks in Gaza. That was her life’s work. She was at all times very invested in that, in making the world a greater place. And she or he failed. I’m in contact with so many pals of hers and colleagues, they usually’re working with me as a result of she was so significant for them, and he or she’s significant for me additionally. And also you don’t at all times present it as a son. I hope she — I hope she — she felt it when she was taken. I hope she felt how a lot I like her.