An off-duty British-Israeli soldier threw again seven Hamas grenades focused at a shelter by gunmen throughout the assault on a music pageant on 7 October, Sky News has been instructed.
Aner Shapiro was killed when the eighth grenade thrown at him went off in his hand as he heroically tried to defend his fellow pageant goers.
His grandmother Yamima Ben-Menahem instructed Sky News how he valiantly stood up in opposition to the militants and did his greatest to maintain individuals calm.
She stated: “They have been making an attempt to get out of the celebration after which there have been alarms and there have been missiles.
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“And they went into a shelter he was with his friend Hersh Goldberg but there were about 30 other people there.
“First of all he calmed them down saying the military was solely half an hour away and he was positive all the things was going to be okay.
“He was a natural leader, wherever he was.”
She went on to say how Hamas approached the shelter he and others have been hiding in and began flinging hand grenades into it.
“When the terrorists came nearer, he stood at the entrance, and when they started throwing grenades into the shelter, he said ‘I’m going to throw them back’, and if I miss one, you do the rest of the work.
“He just stood there and threw back one grenade after the other. From what his friends told us he managed to throw back about seven grenades, and then the last one exploded in his hands.”
She stated it took the household three days to be taught of his valiant, however in the end deadly stand.
“The people who survived started calling us after they found out who his family was and one after the other said ‘he saved our lives’,” she stated.
Ms Ben-Menahem added that after he died, Hamas went again in and took 5 or 6 hostages earlier than opening fireplace on those that remained.
It took hours earlier than assist arrived, that means solely those that had suffered comparatively minor accidents survived, she stated.
Describing her grandson, she stated: “He was handsome, good natured, gifted in all kinds of areas, he painted very well and he played the piano.”
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Ms Ben-Menahem added that she hoped Aner’s pal, Hersh Goldberg, who was apparently taken hostage, shall be returned safely.
Source: information.sky.com”