FDI female observers whose Hamas warnings have been ignored

A few minutes before being linked and gathered at the back of a Jeep to Gaza, Agam Berger borrowed a phone from his friend, CPL Shirat Yam Amar.

“Mom, they shoot us. There are terrorists. Everyone is crying, but I’m not afraid, “she said. His family should wait 15 months before hearing his voice.

Ms. Berger, 20, the latest Israeli military belvedere still owned by Hamas, was released Thursday with the 29 -year -old civilian woman Arbel Yehud and Gadi Moses, 80 and five Thai nationals.

CPL Amar was one of the 15 observers to kill when Hamas Marauding activists torn the Nahal Oz base on October 7, 2023.

Seven beautiful non -armed teenage spokes, which monitor the surveillance images for signs of suspicious activity, were taken hostage by activists – most of them while carrying their pajamas.

They understood Karina Ariev, Daniella Gilboa, Naama Levy, every 20 years, and Liri Albag, 19, who were paraded in military clothes by Hamas fighters on Saturday before being released in exchange for 200 Palestinian prisoners in the Frame of the ceasefire agreement.

The other Two Nahal oz Lookouts Were Pvt Ori Megidish, Now 20, Who was rescued by Israeli Troops Three Weeks After Being Taken Hosage, and CPL Noa Marciano, 19, who was killed in captivity and whose body was back to Israel from November 2023.

There were growing clamors of the Israeli public to answer the reason why the warnings of the Belvés fell into the ears of a deaf and how they were left to the ducks at a base a few hundred meters from the Gaza border.

Amit Yerushalmi, 22, a former belvedere who served the basis of Nahal Oz from December 2021 to approximately a week before the assault, said that the Belvés had reported a suspicious activity in Gaza in the months preceding the attack.

“All the time, they told us that there would be a raid,” she told New York Times.

Observers have reported an increase in trucks filled with Hamas fighters roaming the border, performing combat exercises, sending drones and driving simulated scenarios.

Gazan farmers and bird sensors have also been monitored by approaching the fence in an attempt suspected of gathering information.

Roni Lifshitz, a former belvedere, said that suspicious observations would be reported on a computer system, but it had “no idea” where the reports were found.

“Nobody gave us an answer on what we had reported and transmitted,” she told the BBC, adding: “Everyone only saw us as eyes, they do not see a soldier. “”

On the eve of the attack, the belvederes organized a celebration for the SGT of the Shahaf Nissani staff, 20, who finished his compulsory service.

“She gave gifts to everyone, she gave them all the letters, she read her separation words on her experience aloud,” said her sister, Sapir Nissani a Sabbath meal.

At 6:30 am the next day, Illana received a phone call from his daughter, “confused and crying and trembling, with terrifying noises in the background of all the girls shouting” in which she said: “Mom, they shoot us, There is a terrorist invasion, I love you.

The staff sergeant Nissani then gave his phone to the girls who did not have theirs, allowing the victories to establish the last contact with dear beings while the Hamas activists took their position.

Illana told the BBC that his daughter’s predictions of an imminent attack had fallen into the ears of a deaf. “Why are we here if no one listens?” Illana recalled that his daughter had asked him shortly before being murdered by Hamas.

Ms. Berger, then 19, had arrived from the basic training on October 6. “I sent her a video where we recorded our farewell blessing for her. The next day, during her first day as an observer at Nahal Oz, she was violently kidnapped, “her mother, Merav, told Israel Hayom.

A rocket dam started on the carnage day which would see 1,200 Israelis slaughtered and 250 others are brought back to tunnels in Gaza.

Shai Ashram, also 19 years old, was in service when, in the middle of the shots, she phoned her parents to say that the base had been invaded and “there was going to be a really important event” – a warning who would prove to be his final act.

Military berets are always sitting on the hairdresser in his room, which his father, Dror, sometimes turns into tears.

“My Shusha, I’m sorry I can’t be there so that you are helping yourself, sorry not to protect yourself from the murderers,” wrote his mother, Sari, on Facebook. “Rest in peace, my beautiful girl, send me strength so that I can continue to live without losing my mental health.” I love you and I miss you.

In the operating room, the 19 -year -old SGT Roni Eshel quickly relayed code words to alert his superiors to the attack, according to an audio recording published by the army.

“All the stations, four people running towards the fence, copy,” she said, repeating the command several times before saying: “All the stations, the explosion of the SHOW” (the fence) “while activists exploded and passed through the barrier.

Eyal Eshel said his daughter, who has been in the army for a year and two months, had repeatedly warned Hamas.

“Dad, they study us. They do their homework. They know almost every corner of the fence itself ”, he recalls that his daughter told him.

Mr. Eshel believes that her daughter knew that she would not be alive, because she would always sign messages with five red heart emojis – one for each family member, including herself.

In her latest message before the operations room was burned down, she implored her family not to worry and left only four red hearts.

“Roni, I’m sorry.” I failed. I failed to bring you home, “said Eschel during his funeral.

Returning to the operations room for months later, the father of the staff SGT Yam Glass, 19, said: “My stomach was running. This is where my daughter was burned to death. »»

Lior Glass, after scanning the burned room, was dismayed by the appropriate lack of shelters or extinguisher.

“They had no chance. They were deserted, “he said, adding:” I will not let go, I will continue to dig, and those who should answer for what happened will do so. “”

More than 50 soldiers were killed at the military base of the border with Gaza, including 15 non -armed vehigators. The Israeli army has already promised to conduct an “in -depth investigation into the events of October 7, including those of Nahal Oz and previous circumstances”.

Li-Yam Berger, Agam’s twin sister, said that she was happy for the observers who had been released so far.

“We are very happy for them and we will wait for our turn,” she told Israel Hayom. “I already imagine myself in the embrace of Agam.”

Finally, after 15 long months, Agam was given to the Red Cross by Hamas during a ceremony in the urban refugee camp strongly destroyed in Jabaliya and left from Gaza.

Credit: TDI spokesperson unit

During a gathering in Tel Aviv, people applauded, applauded and whistled when they saw images of Agam going on a television screen, next to a large clock that counted on the days when the hostages were captive .

Some had signs saying “Agam, we are waiting for you at home.”

The wait was soon over. In a video published by the IDF, she was seen embraced by her family – gathered for the first time in 481 days.

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