Katz Asher family
Ravid Katz, Revital Yanai, and Alma (4 months) woke up in the morning to the sounds of gunfire. Ravid was murdered in the clinic area, and his body was abducted to Gaza and extricated months later by the IDF. Revital and Alma escaped with Rotem, Yakir, and their three children to a shelter and were saved.
Ravid Katz, Revital Yanai, and their daughter Alma (left). Rotem and Yakir Cohen with Inbal, Amit and Yuval (right)
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Yakir and Rotem Cohen wake up together with their three children - Amit (12), Inbal (10) and Yuval (8) - and make sure that their relatives living on the kibbutz have entered the safe room. In the adjoining house live Ravid, Revital, and their daughter Alma (4 months), who also enter the safe room of their home
Ravid and Revital receive via WhatsApp a video of terrorists infiltrating Israel. Ravid decides to go out to fight the terrorists and defend the kibbutz. He calls Yakir and Rotem and asks that Revital and Alma move to their safe room.
After Revital and Ravid organize and prepare Alma a bag with baby supplies, they head out to their neighbors. Revital kisses Ravid and enters the safe room along with Rotem, Yakir, their three children, and Mika, the dog. Ravid leaves for the kibbutz clinic
According to estimates, Ravid arrived at the kibbutz clinic and was murdered there. His body was abducted to Gaza
Rotem's mother, her partner, and her sister and family also reside in Kibbutz Nir Oz. They are updated via the family group on what is happening
Yakir, Rotem and their three children, along with Revital and Alma, hear the gunshots next door and realize that the terrorists are approaching. The terrorists enter the Cohen family home and attempt to break into the safe room while firing their guns. Yakir holds the door with all his might. After 40 minutes, one bullet penetrates the door and hits Yakir and his dog, Mika. Yakir dresses his wound with Alma's diaper and continues to hold onto the door.
For about two hours, the terrorists go in and out of the Cohen family home, shoot at the safe room door, and throw a grenade at the window. Revital and the children hide under the gallery bed, Yakir clutching the door of the safe room and Rotem holding the window. At some point, the handle heats up and smoke permeates inside. They understand that the terrorists are setting fire to the house
Thick smoke fills the safe room and Yakir opens the window a little, and everyone tries to breathe. Because of the feeling of suffocation, they decide to go out through the window and try to escape the burning house
The home of Ravid and Revital was also set on fire by the terrorists
Yakir, Rotem, their three children, and Revital, carrying little Alma, run towards a shelter near the playground. Rotem calls the police via emergency call, Revital repeats Psalm 23 and prays
Yakir, Rotem, Revital, and the children hear the soldiers who arrived in the area shouting “IDF.” Yakir takes a hand out through the shelter door and the soldiers instruct them to stay put until they finish scanning the surroundings and then return to rescue them. Yakir is evacuated for medical treatment, and Rotem, Revital, and the children go to the gathering spot in the kibbutz
Rotem, Revital and the children are evacuated to Eilat. Yakir and Mika the dog recover and rejoin their family
Yoni Asher, brother-in-law of Ravid Katz, updates in a Facebook post that Ravid was murdered on October 7th and that his body was abducted to Gaza
Yoni Asher, brother-in-law of Ravid Katz updates via Facebook post that he was murdered and abducted
As part of a military operation in Khan Younis, the body of Ravid Katz is returned to Israel along with 4 other kidnapped bodies
Ravid Katz
המתחם האינטראקטיבי של מפת העוטף ב-7 באוקטובר 2023 נועד לתעד ולהנציח את האירועים שהתרחשו ביישובי עוטף עזה באמצעות תיעודים מזמן אמת, דקה אחר דקה.
הפרויקט בהליכי בנייה ותחקיר, בשלבים הבאים יתווספו נקודות רבות על המפה, לרבות בסיסי צה”ל, הרחבת אזורי המסיבות והדרכים המובילות לעוטף.
לפרטים נוספים וליצירת קשר לחצו כאן
אזהרה: התוכן מכיל תיאורים ותיעודים קשים לצפייה