An off-duty British-Israeli soldier threw again seven Hamas grenades focused at a shelter by gunmen through the assault on a music pageant on 7 October, Sky Information has been informed.
Aner Shapiro was killed when the eighth grenade thrown at him went off in his hand as he heroically tried to defend his fellow pageant goers.
His grandmother Yamima Ben-Menahem informed Sky Information how he valiantly stood up in opposition to the militants and did his greatest to maintain folks calm.
She mentioned: “They had been attempting to get out of the celebration after which there have been alarms and there have been missiles.
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“And so they went right into a shelter he was together with his pal Hersh Goldberg however there have been about 30 different folks there.
“Initially he calmed them down saying the military was solely half an hour away and he was positive the whole lot was going to be okay.
“He was a pure chief, wherever he was.”
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She went on to say how Hamas approached the shelter he and others had been hiding in and began flinging hand grenades into it.
“When the terrorists got here nearer, he stood on the entrance, and once they began throwing grenades into the shelter, he mentioned ‘I will throw them again’, and if I miss one, you do the remainder of the work.
“He simply stood there and threw again one grenade after the opposite. From what his buddies informed us he managed to throw again about seven grenades, after which the final one exploded in his arms.”
She mentioned it took the household three days to study of his valiant, however in the end deadly stand.
“The individuals who survived began calling us after they discovered who his household was and one after the opposite mentioned ‘he saved our lives’,” she mentioned.
Ms Ben-Menahem added that after he died, Hamas went again in and took 5 or 6 hostages earlier than opening fireplace on those that remained.
It took hours earlier than assist arrived, that means solely those that had suffered comparatively minor accidents survived, she mentioned.
Aner’s grandmother Yamima Ben-Menahem
Describing her grandson, she mentioned: “He was good-looking, good natured, gifted in all types of areas, he painted very effectively and he performed the piano.”
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Ms Ben-Menahem added that she hoped Aner’s pal, Hersh Goldberg, who was apparently taken hostage, will likely be returned safely.