A Son’s Dialog With His Mom as Gunmen Attacked Her Kibbutz

We had been corresponding till she wrote that they’re inside the home. After which communications stopped. The kibbutz was overrun. All people was locked of their homes. We heard gunshots. I heard them over the cellphone outdoors the window. And he or she was hiding in her protected room. You understand, she was joking. She — in regards to the stuff she ought to have had within the protected room, like a bathroom or a knife. And he or she’s a particularly nonviolent particular person, so. However in the long run, she mentioned, “OK. The jokes can cease. I simply – I really like you.” And I wrote her. “I really like you.” And that’s it. It was very helpless, a helpless feeling. In my thoughts, I nonetheless not 100% certain if she’s in Gaza or she’s lifeless on the bottom in her home. She works within the peace business. She was co-C.E.O. of a company. They’d tasks in Gaza. That was her life’s work. She was all the time very invested in that, in making the world a greater place. And he or she failed. I’m in contact with so many associates of hers and colleagues, and so they’re working with me as a result of she was so significant for them, and she or he’s significant for me additionally. And also you don’t all the time present it as a son. I hope she — I hope she — she felt it when she was taken. I hope she felt how a lot I really like her.