Kipnis family

Parents were declared kidnapped - their bodies were found in Israel

Lilac and Abitar Kipnis

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

Parents were declared kidnapped - their bodies were found in Israel

Lilac and Abitar Kipnis

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06:34
06:45
07:45
08:20
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10:00

The sequence of events

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06:34

Red alert in the kibbutz

06:45

Terrorists infiltrate the Kibbutz

07:45

Lilach communicates with patients

08:20

Yotam Calls Lilach

~09:30

Terrorists infiltrate the house

10:00

Lilach does not answer

Yotam updates: Parents are out of touch

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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.

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The terrorist attack on the kibbutz begins. Residents of the kibbutz are warned and asked to enter the safe rooms

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A terrorist at the entrance to the Kibbutz
A terrorist at the entrance to the Kibbutz
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    Terrorists in Beeri
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    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

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    Heli talks about the last correspondence with Lilach
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    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

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      Yotam talks about the last conversation with his mother From the “Evening News,” Kan 11
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      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

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        The devastation at Kipnis' home after the massacre Photo: Kan News
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        Yotam tries to communicate with his mother on WhatsApp several more times without success

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        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

        The Day After

        10/8/23

        Yotam gets an update

        10/13/23

        Paul's body is identified

        10/16/23

        The parents are defined as hostages

        10/18/23

        Eviatar's body has been identified

        10/24/23

        Lilach's body identified
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        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

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          Aviv Baron, Lilach's brother, speaks of visiting the house after the massacre Photo: Kan News
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          The body of caregiver Paul Vincent Castellvi, a citizen of the Philippines, is located on Israeli territory

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          Eviatar and Lilach are defined as hostages

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          Eviatar's body is located on Israeli territory. Two days later, a farewell ceremony is held at Kibbutz Maagan Michael

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          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

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            Yotam tells of the moment he received the news of his mother's murder Photo: Kan News
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