Judy Weinstein and Gadi Hagai

Killed on their morning walk

Judy Weinstein and Gadi Hagai

Judy Weinstein-Hagai and her husband Gadi Hagai went for a walk around Kibbutz Nir Oz in the early morning. The terrorists shot them. Judy had time to call and cry for help. She reported being shot in the hand and face and that she fears Gadi is dead. Both were abducted to Gaza, and their bodies were recovered in a military operation

Judy Weinstein Hagai and Gadi Hagai

Killed on their morning walk

Judy Weinstein and Gadi Hagai

Minute by Minute Circle
06:06
06:30
06:46
~06:50
07:14
~07:40
08:10
14:20

The sequence of events

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06:06

Judy and Gadi head out for a morning walk

06:30

Alarms in the kibbutz

06:46

Judy and Gadi update on the family group

~06:50

Terrorists shoot Judy and Gadi

07:14

Magen David Adom dispatcher calls Judy

~07:40

Judy and Gadi are abducted to Gaza

08:10

Gadi and Judy's children try to reach them without success

14:20

Friends and family try to get in touch with Judy and Gadi

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A little after six o'clock, the couple goes for a morning walk. The two were documented on security cameras as they exited the kibbutz gate

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    Security cameras in Kibbutz Nir Oz
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    Judy and Gadi lie down under the Tamarix trees and try to protect themselves from the heavy rocket barrages

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      Judy and Gadi hide from the rockets and document themselves
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      Iris, the eldest daughter of Gadi and Judy, asks how her parents are doing. They update that they went on a morning walk and estimate that they are about 2 kilometers away from home and are hiding from the rockets

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      Location of Judy and Gadi's hideout at the time of the rocket fire
      Location of Judy and Gadi's hideout at the time of the rocket fire
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      The Family Group
      dad
      Pleasant morning Good morning. Lots of hugs.
      04:13 07/10/2023
      mom
      hi y'all
      04:26 07/10/2023
      Iris
      What's going on with you
      06:46 07/10/2023
      Iris
      happy at your place
      06:46 07/10/2023
      mom
      not really
      06:48 07/10/2023
      Iris
      There was an alarm there wasn't there?
      06:48 07/10/2023
      mom
      we're outside. face down in the field
      06:49 07/10/2023
      mom
      we see tons of rockets
      06:49 07/10/2023
      Iris
      🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️
      06:50 07/10/2023
      Iris
      How far are you from home?
      06:50 07/10/2023
      Judy
      2 kms
      06:50 07/10/2023
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      Terrorists on motorcycles notice Judy and Gadi and shoot them. Immediately afterward, Judy calls the kibbutz nurse, Dina Smilansky, and the ambulance driver at the kibbutz, Arie Itzik, requesting that Magen David Adom (MADA) come to them

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      Judy tries to direct the Magen David Adom dispatcher to send them aid and recounts being shot in the hand and face. She reports that terrorists arrived and shot them and that she does not know if Gadi, her husband, is alive

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      Judy Weinstein in conversation with Magen David Adom dispatcher
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      A convoy of terrorists arrives where Judy and Gadi are, it is not known if they were already dead or if they are shot again and die. The terrorists then load them into a pickup and kidnap them to Khan Younis

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      About an hour after Judy and Gadi's last correspondence in the family group, and after many attempts to reach them, their children are worried. They update each other that they don't know how their parents are doing.

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      Glamour, home of Judy and Gadi
      What the hell is going on?
      08:10 07/10/2023
      Al, the son of Judy and Gadi
      I'm afraid the parents are in an unclear situation, they don't answer. Mom rejected me after one ring, and dad after a little more
      08:11 07/10/2023
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      messages from members of the kibbutz are sent in the kibbutz's messaging app in an attempt to track down Judy and Gadi, but no one knows what happened to them

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      KIBBUTZ'S MESSAGING APP
      Resident of the kibbutz
      No contact with Gdai and Judy. Anyone know anything about them? We would love to update their children
      14:20 07/10/2023
      Resident of the kibbutz
      Has anyone heard anything from Gadi and Judy Hagay?
      15:56 07/10/2023

      The Day After

      9/10/23

      Gadi's stolen phone is traced to Gaza

      6/11/23

      Locating Judy's glasses

      9/11/23

      The struggle to return them

      22/12/23

      Officialy: Gadi was murdered, his body is held in Gaza

      28/12/23

      Officialy: Judy was murdered, her body is held in Gaza

      5.6.25

      The IDF recovers the bodies of Judy and Gadi
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      Gadi's stolen phone is traced to Gaza

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      A special Zaka team is sent to the presumed spot where Judy and Gadi were shot and found Judy's glasses

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      Judy's glasses that were located where she was shot Judy's glasses that were located where she was shot
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      Judy and Gadi's son, Ahl, says his parents are an 'inspiration'. About a month after they were kidnapped and before the announcement of their murder, Ahl says the family has received an update that their parents' phones had been found in Gaza. He begs for them to be brought back home

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        Ahl, Gadi and Judy's son calls for their return home
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        Officialy: Gadi was murdered, his body is held in Gaza

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        Officialy: Judy was murdered, her body is held in Gaza

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        The IDF recovers the bodies of Gadi Haggai and Judy Weinstein Haggai in a military operation in Khan Younis

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