Margolis family

“It's Shai and I alone, in front of the world”

Margolis family

The sound of motorcycles was enough for Saar Margolis, a veteran security man, to realize terrorists had infiltrated his Kibbutz. With his friend from the security squad, Shai Asher, he set out to fight and rescue neighbors under fire. While his wife and daughters hid from gunfire, Saar fought bravely, saving many friends - until he fell

The Margulies. From right to left: Yasmin, Tabor, Mia and Saar

“It's Shai and I alone, in front of the world”

Margolis family

Minute by Minute Circle
06:30
~08:00
~08:30
09:14
10:00
10:26
~13:00
13:20
~14:00
14:52
~15:45

The sequence of events

Minute by Minute

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06:30

Alarms at Kissufim

Jasmine in the safe room With Loaded Gun

~08:00

Saar joins Shai Asher

~08:30

Saar and Shai encounter terrorists

09:14

“You don't open up to anyone.”

10:00

Terrorists shoot at their home

10:26

An update from Saar

~13:00

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

13:20

The mobile network in the kibbutz falls

~14:00

Saar and IDF forces fight in kibbutz

14:52

Saar Leads the IDF Forces

~15:45

Saar Killed in House of the Security Squad Commander

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The sequence of alarms at the Kissufim was accompanied by the rumbling sound of motorcycle engines between the paths of the kibbutz. Saar suspects what is happening and goes outside to verify the fear: Terrorists have infiltrated the kibbutz

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Saar instructs his family to lock the safe room door from the inside. In addition, he loads the gun for his wife Jasmine, so she can use it in case of need

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Saar Margolis with his personal weapon
Saar Margolis with his personal weapon
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Saar met on the grounds of the kibbutz with the deputy of the security squad, Shai Asher

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Saar and Shai go to the home of Security Squad Coordinator, Roni Spedge, and notice terrorist squads near his house. They see that a great force is in front of them, and return towards the center of the kibbutz. In the hours that follow they lie in wait for the terrorists and injure several of them

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SPEDGE  FAMILY HOUSE.
SPEDGE FAMILY HOUSE. Photo: Eyal Brivaram
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    Shai Usher describes how he and Saar fought in front of the terrorists. Photo: Eyal Brivaram
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    Saar instructs Jasmine not to open the door, unless she recognizes his or Shai's voice

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    Saar guides Jasmine on how to act
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    Jasmine hears terrorists firing on the house. Saar instructs her to duck, be quiet and not open to anyone. The next day, when she goes out, she comes across the bodies of terrorists close to her home

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    Correspondence between Saar and his wife Yasmin
    Jasmine
    Saar there's direct shooting at the window of the safe room
    10:00 07/10/2023
    Jasmine
    It sounds like this
    10:00 07/10/2023
    Saar
    Bend over
    10:00 07/10/2023
    Jasmine
    WHAT IS THISSS
    10:00 07/10/2023
    Saar
    Right now it's just Shay and I alone in front of the world
    10:00 07/10/2023
    Jasmine
    Where is the Army
    10:00 07/10/2023
    Saar
    🤷🏻‍♂️
    10:00 07/10/2023
    Jasmine
    Why don't they close all the roads to prevent kidnappings?
    10:01 07/10/2023
    Jasmine
    Where are helicopters planes What's going on here????
    10:01 07/10/2023
    Saar
    Balagan
    10:02 07/10/2023
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    Jasmine is checking in on Saar. He answers her, but hides from her the massacre that is taking place outside their home

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    “It's Shai and I alone in front of the world”
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    Correspondence between Saar and his wife Yasmin
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    I'm over to you... everything will be fine
    10:26 07/10/2023
    Jasmine
    Are you sure? because there is now a red color
    10:27 07/10/2023
    Stormtrooper
    10:27 07/10/2023
    Jasmine
    I can't hear a voicemail
    10:27 07/10/2023
    Stormtrooper
    We're all right
    10:27 07/10/2023
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    Troops of the 51st Battalion from Golani and the 450th Battalion from the Commanders company arrive at the kibbutz. Saar joins the 450th Battalion, and a separates from Shai, who joins the 51st Battalion

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    Contact between Saar and his wife Yasmin has been cut

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    Saar fought alongside the soldiers in the area between the Kissufim base, the youth residence and the Thai workers' quarters in the kibbutz

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    The place where the battle took place between 450 fighters, Saar Margolis and the terrorists.
    The place where the battle took place between 450 fighters, Saar Margolis and the terrorists. Photo: Jasmine Margolis
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    Saar splits the fighters with him between the northern area and the southern region of the kibbutz, and comes together with the team with who extract civilians. Fighters who were in the combat zone said that with Saar's familiarity with the scene, he becomes the commander of the force

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      IDF force led by Saar Margulis. Photo: Kibbutz Kissufim security cameras
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      After evacuating one of the neighborhoods of the kibbutz, Saar and the soldiers with him encounter a terrorist squad in the house where the Security Squad Commander, Roni Spadge and his family are holed up. As soon as he opens the door of the house, the terrorists fire rounds at him from a machine gun. Saar was killed on the spot, along with Sgt. Adam Agmon, a squad commander in the 450th Battalion

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      The house where Saar Margolis fell in an attempt to rescue the family.
      The house where Saar Margolis fell in an attempt to rescue the family. Photo: Jasmine Margolis

      The Day After

      10/8/2023

      The help arrives

      10/8/23

      Family learns that Saar's fallen

      15/10/23

      Saar is laid to rest
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      Roni Security Squad Coordinator arrives at the Margolis family home along with the IDF force. Family evacuated to Dead Sea hotel

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      Later that day the family receives the news of Saar's death

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      Saar was buried in Kibbutz Kissufim

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