Yaakov Weissmann madeitthrough the Holocaust as a four-year-old kid hiding with a non-Jewish household in France. On Oct 7 he discovered himself hiding assoonas onceagain, this time in a shelter in his neighborhood simply 500 metres from the border with Gaza. (Photo: AFP) MODIIN, Israel – Yaakov Weissmann madeitthrough the scaries of the Holocaust by hiding with a non-Jewish household in France when he was simply 4 years old throughout World War II. Now 83, he endured the Oct 7 attack in Israel by Hamas shooters that hasactually drawn contrasts to Nazi atrocities for its cruelty. Weissmann’s town Netiv Haassara is simply 500 metres from the border with the Gaza Strip, from where Hamas Islamists under the cover of a hail of rockets, stormed into Israel, eliminating 1,400 individuals, mainly civilians. Israel has stated war on Hamas, pounding Gaza persistently giventhat with air strikes that the largely inhabited enclave’s authorities stated eliminated 2,750 individuals, most of them regular Palestinians. Weissmann heard rockets go off at around 6am that Saturday, which was likewise the Sabbath, the Jewish day of rest. “Rockets, rockets and booms. Well it’s not the veryfirst time,” stated Weissmann, whose town of 800 residents is utilized to projectiles intended by armed Palestinian groups at Israel. Pistol in hand, he and his partner followed the drill to get into his strengthened shelter — something that every home in the location is gearedup with, protecting the door and window within 15 seconds. “Then I heard, with my betterhalf, we heard maker weapon fire. When we heard this, we understand there hasactually been an seepage of opponent forces,” he stated. A deep unhappiness came over him, he stated, “because as quickly as there is shooting, I understand there are deaths”. When he came out of the shelter, he discovered to his fantastic relief that all 23 of his descendants — ch
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