Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday met with Sabine Taasa, a widow who lost both her husband and eldest son in the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre. Her remaining children survived the attack but are scarred with wounds, both physical and emotional, that no child should ever carry. The family’s long road of rehabilitation is a living reminder of what Israel is fighting for — and why this war cannot and will not be stopped prematurely.
As part of Israel’s campaign to show the world what was unleashed that day, Netanyahu and Taasa released a joint statement accompanied by harrowing footage from the security cameras at their home in Moshav Netiv Haasara. The images are not just “difficult to watch.” They are a punch to the gut — proof of what hatred looks like when it walks through the door.
Sabine Taasa’s husband and son were murdered on Oct 7, 2023.
Sabine has given permission to allow the CCTV to be shown, but only outside of Israel as it is too sensitive for some in Israel.
Here she is with the Prime Minister, supporting the full onslaught against Hamas in… pic.twitter.com/b1Ty4iykMw
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The government asked that Israeli news agencies not publish the portion of the clip showing the atrocities to protect the sensitivities of the local public. But foreign audiences can find it on social media–CLICK HERE.
During the onslaught, Hamas gunmen threw a grenade into the family’s safe room. Gil Taasa shielded his two younger children with his own body, sacrificing himself so they could live. Moments later, his older son Or — who had gone to surf that morning — was hunted down and murdered by Hamas gunmen at Zikim Beach. A father and a son, stolen in a single day.
More haunting than the savage grenade attack that killed their father is the footage from inside the house showing the two shell-shocked and distraught younger Taasa boys weeping and pleading with the terrorists, even as one of the Hamas gunmen casually strolls to the fridge for a drink of Coke.
That is the caliber of “fighters” we are told to compromise with. That is the face of evil Israel is expected to leave standing.
This is not just Sabine’s grief. This is Israel’s outrage. This is why the Jewish people are united in their refusal to accept anything short of victory. These images do not weaken us; they burn into our memory, they fuel our resolve. The enemy that did this is still in Gaza, still holding hostages, still boasting of its “success.”
Israel has only one path forward: to fight until the threat that manifested on Oct. 7 is eradicated. Not contained. Not managed. Destroyed. For Gil, for Or, for Sabine and her children — and for every family that deserves to live without monsters drinking from their fridge after slaughtering their loved ones.
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