Angel Family

“I held the knife and tried to protect the girls”

Angel family

Ronen and Karina Angel were home with their daughters Mika (18) and Yuval (10) on Saturday morning with their dogs. Ronen stayed outside the safe room to protect his family but was killed, and his body was taken to Gaza. Karina, Mika, and Yuval were kidnapped and released after 52 days.

The Angels: Ronen, Yuval, Karina, Mika and Tom

“I held the knife and tried to protect the girls”

Angel family

Minute by Minute Circle
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06:30
07:00
08:10
~08:50
~09:00
09:26
~09:50
~12:00
15:16

The sequence of events

Minute by Minute

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05:00

Karina and Ronen woke up

06:30

Red color alarm in Nir Oz

07:00

Ronen volunteers to help in Magen David Adom

08:10

Ronen warns of terrorists in kibbutz

~08:50

Armed terrorists arrive at driveway outside the family home

~09:00

Ronen engages in a shootout with the terrorists

09:26

Karina is kidnapped

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~09:50

Karina and Ronen's daughters are kidnapped

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~12:00

Terrorists upload a Story on Ronen's Facebook profile

15:16

Karina and Ronen's son tries to get in touch

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Every Saturday morning, the couple Karina and Ronen would wake up early and take their two dogs for a walk in the kibbutz. That Saturday, Karina asked Ronen to be the one to walk the dogs.

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Like the other kibbutz residents, the Angel family is used to red color alarm, but Karina felt that the situation was more serious this time. Ronen, who volunteers as a medic in Magen David Adom, calls the organization's regional coordinator and offers his help. Due to the lack of personal protective equipment like a vest and helmet, Ronen was told to stay home and not go outside.

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Ronen notices from the window of his house, which overlooks the kibbutz's bypass road, that terrorists are coming on motorcycles. He alerts everyone about it through the kibbutz app

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The kibbutz messaging app
Ronen
2 terrorists on a motorcycle on the bypass
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Karina leaves the safe room and notices from the bedroom window that the access road outside their house is crowded with armed terrorists. Ronen asks her to go back into the safe room while he stays in the living room with his weapon.

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The terrorists throw a grenade, and Ronen falls after trying to protect his wife and daughters, who were hiding in the safe room. Karina holds onto the door, but the armed terrorists manage to break in. Armed only with a knife, Karina tries to resist but ultimately has to surrender, and they force her outside.

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    Danny Angel, Ronen's brother. Photo: From “The Evening News”
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    Karina notices that Ronen is not in the living room and updates her sister that he was kidnapped. The terrorists put her on a motorcycle and take her to Gaza. Karina was kidnapped before extensive destruction was caused in the kibbutz of Nir Oz. Her daughters remained in the safe room.

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    The Angel family's living room after Oct 7th
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    About half an hour after their parents were kidnapped, the terrorists find Mika and Yuval in the safe room and kidnap them too

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    The Angel family home after October 7th
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    Dani, Ronen's brother, watches Ronen's Story and sees terrorists breaking through the fence and a picture of a smiling and armed terrorist. Dani fears for Ronen's life

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      Dani Angel, tells about his brother Ronen
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        The story that the terrorists uploaded from Ronen's Facebook profile
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        Tom, the soldier son of Karina and Ronen, was in his unit in Howwarah in the West Bank and tried to contact them without success.

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        The kibbutz messaging app
        Resident of the kibbutz
        Ronen and Karina are probably out of contact. They aren’t answering Tom. Does anyone know anything?
        15:16 07/10/2023

        The Day After

        21/11/23

        The efforts to bring them back home

        27/11/23

        The female members of the Angal family are released from Hamas captivity

        1/12/23

        Official: Ronen was murdered on Oct 7th, his body was kidnapped to Gaza
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        Ronen Angal's brother calls for his return: "Please bring my brother back"

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          Dani Angel, Ronen's brother
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          Karina, Mika and Yuval Angel return to Israel after 52 days in Gaza. Ronen remains in Gaza

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            Karina, Mika and Yuval released from Hamas captivity
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            After almost two months, the family receives an official announcement that Ronen was murdered on Oct 7th, and that his body is being held in Gaza

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