Asher family

The house to which an entire neighborhood was evacuated

The Asher family

The home of Shay, Keren, and their two children became the refuge of dozens of residents who had been evacuated. A few hours earlier, terrorists had penetrated the house - but failed to break through the safe room, where Keren waited with a cocked gun. While Shay, a member of the emergency squad, fought terrorists across the Kibbutz.

Shay Asher. Photo: Eyal Bribram

The house to which an entire neighborhood was evacuated

The Asher family

Minute by Minute Circle
06:30
06:45
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13:09
13:19
~13:40
~13:50
~15:30
23:30

The sequence of events

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06:30

Alarms at Kissufim

06:45

Fear of intrusion

~06:50

Cut off contact with Roni

~07:00

Contact is cut off with Kibbutz members

~08:00

Shay meets Saar

~08:30

Saar and Shay spot the terrorists

~13:00

Army troops arrive at the kibbutz. Shay and Saar join them

13:09

Terrorists Attack the family home

13:19

The network fall in the kibbutz

~13:40

Terrorists leave the Asher family home

~13:50

Shay arrives with Golani fighters to family home

~15:30

Family home becomes epicenter of rescue

23:30

The Army rescues residents

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As the first sound of alarms in the kibbutz, Deputy Ravshatz (Military Ongoing Security Coordinator) Shay Asher receives a message from Roni Spadge, the Ravshatz, instructing him and the other emergency squad members to check that their equipment is in order. “You never know where this story will lead,” he adds. While Shay's wife, Karen, and their two children enter the safe room

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the Whatsapp message of the Ravshatz , Roni Spadge (note: recorded alarm)
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Shay and other members of the emergency squad receive another message from the Military Security Coordinator that they are “in the midst of a complex incident”

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Message from the Ravshatz, Roni Spadge, to the members of the emergency squad
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Shay tries to contact Roni the Security coordinator - unsuccessfully

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Keren tries to communicate with her neighbors on the kibbutz, but some do not answer. Shay arms her with a gun

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Saar Margolis, Shay's friend in the emergency squad, arrives at his house. Immediately afterward, they go out together to fight the terrorists.

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Saar and Shay go to the house of Roni. Near Roni's house, they notice squads of terrorists and decide to head back towards the center of the kibbutz. In the hours that follow, they hide and wait for the terrorists and manage to injure several of them

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The House of  Roni, the Military Security Coordinator
The House of Roni, the Military Security Coordinator Photo: Jasmine Margolis
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    Shay Asher describes how he and Saar fought the terrorists. Photo: Eyal Bribram
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    After long hours of waiting, troops from the 51st Battalion from Golani and the 450th Battalion from the Comanders School arrive at the kibbutz. Saar and Shay split up, Saar joins the 450th Battalion, while Shay, the 51st Battalion

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    Terrorists break into the home of the Asher family. Keren holds the door of the safe room with one hand, a gun in the other. Itai, their eldest son, updates Shay with a message that terrorists have infiltrated their home

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      “Getting Home - Suicide Mission? “ Photo: Eyal Bribram
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      Shay tries to contact his children - unsuccessfully

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      Shay Asher reports that his family members are cut off contact
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      The terrorists search the house, but fail to open the door of the safe room. Before they leave, they cause a lot of destruction

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      Shay arrives at the house with Golani fighters and meets his family. A Company Commander from the 51st Battalion accompanying the force spreads ketchup on three windows that the terrorists had earlier smashed in order to fool the terrorists into thinking that their comrades were already in this house. Shay's family goes back to hide in the safe room

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      Shattered windows with ketchup
      Shattered windows with ketchup Photo: Shay Asher
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      In an attempt to take control of the event, the soldiers concentrate the rescued residents in several houses - one of which is the home of the Asher family. Several dozen residents come to the house and stay in it under the security of IDF fighters

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        Mp 51: “Let's bring them to your home .” Photo: Eyal Bribram
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        More army troops arrive at the family home under the direction of members of the emergency squad, rescuing dozens of residents who had been hiding in it for the past few hours without electricity. From there they are evacuated to hotels in the Dead Sea

        The Day After

        8/10/23

        Roni Informs Shay: Saar was Killed

        8/10/23

        Shay remains to secure the kibbutz

        Beginning of April

        Shay finishes his stint in the emergency squad and returns to his family in a hotel on the Dead Sea
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        Roni and Shay meet in the morning the next day. Roni informs Shay that Saar was killed in the battles for the kibbutz

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        Shay is left to secure the kibbutz, while his family is evacuated with the rest of the kibbutz to a hotel

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        Destruction in Kissufim after the massacre. Destruction in Kissufim after the massacre.
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        Destruction in Kissufim after the massacre. Destruction in Kissufim after the massacre.
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