(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."
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