Current Edition About Subscribe The Jerusalem Center

Daily Alert Archive

Every Daily Alert Since 2002

Search

Search more than 90,000 news items by topic, author, or source.
Use " " to search for multiple words and phrases.

Trending Topics

October 19, 2023       Share:    

Source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/citizens-including-an-mk-helped-repel-hamas-attack-in-ofakim/

Israeli Civilians, Police Helped Repel Hamas Attack in Ofakim

(Times of Israel) Carrie Keller-Lynn - On Oct. 7, two trucks rolled into Ofakim, an Israeli city of 40,000, packed with 14 terrorists and their arsenal. Only spontaneous action on the part of residents and police officers, armed with knives and a few handguns, eventually stopped the act, but not before the city lost 50 people within five hours. Police officer Dor Elamakias was in Re'im patrolling the music festival, when he received a report about gunfire and rushed to Ofakim, where he found a "massive attack" underway. "At the beginning, we didn't know how many there were. They threw grenades and fired RPGs at us during the battle," he said. Injured during the firefight, Elamakias said he continued fighting alongside Ofakim residents as he "saw people murdered in front of our eyes, in the streets." Elamakias with armed only with his handgun and two clips. Running low on ammunition, he said, "we had to be creative; each terrorist that we killed, we used his weapon."

View the full edition of Daily Alert

Back to Archive

Subscribe to Daily Alert: