For days on end, the children of Lilach and Eviatar Kipnis did not know what had become of them. After 10 days of uncertainty, they were told their parents had been abducted to Gaza. Just days later they received the harsh news: the parents had been murdered along with Paul, the father's caregiver. Their bodies were located in Israeli territory

Lilach And Eviatar (Tari) Kipnis
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Eviatar 'Tari' (65), Lilach's husband (60), has a disease that limits his movement. Paul Vincent Castellvi, Eviatar's Filipino caregiver, also stayed in the Kipnis' home. As the alarms begin in the kibbutz, Eviatar, Lilach and Paul enter the safe room.
The terrorist attack on the kibbutz begins. Residents of the kibbutz are warned and asked to enter the safe rooms

Lilach, a social worker at Eshkol Regional Council, has been helping many residents in the area in recent years. While in the safe room, she communicates with some of her past patients, including Heli Peretz. Lilac checks Heli's wellbeing
Yotam, Eviatar and Lilach's son who is in the center of the country, anxiously calls his mother. She updates him that she and Eviatar are in the safe room and that they hear gunshots from outside
Paul, Eviatar's caregiver, speaks with his partner and updates her that terrorists are breaking into the house. At the same time, the Kibbutz WhatsApp group is inundated with messages from helpless residents describing the infiltration into their homes
Yotam tries to communicate with his mother on WhatsApp several more times without success
Yotam informs Kibbutz Beeri's app that his parents are out of touch. He corresponds with the director of communications at the Kibbutz to help contact his parents
Neighbors of Eviatar and Lilach Kipnis, who were rescued from the Kibbutz by IDF forces, tell Yotam that they saw the family house burned down on their way out of the Kibbutz
The body of caregiver Paul Vincent Castellvi, a citizen of the Philippines, is located on Israeli territory
Eviatar and Lilach are defined as hostages
Eviatar's body is located on Israeli territory. Two days later, a farewell ceremony is held at Kibbutz Maagan Michael
While the family sits Shiva on Eviatar, the body of Lilach Kipnis is located and identified in Israel. Two days later, a farewell ceremony is held in her memory at Kibbutz Maagan Michael
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