Amid the many horrific stories of Hamas‘s terror attack on Israel, the discovery of two orphaned babies near the bodies of their murdered parents is among the most distressing.
Ten-month-old twin brothers Guy and Roi Berdichevsky were found in their cots in a family safe room more than 12 hours after gunmen murdered their parents, Itay and Hadar.
The Mail on Sunday can today reveal that both babies are now safely in the care of their family – and their remarkable survival is offering a rare symbol of hope.
But the boys’ uncle, Inbar Rozenfeld, said that – though physically unscathed – the infants are longing for their murdered parents. ‘They want to see familiar faces,’ he said. ‘Because they’re so small, they’re used to the sounds of their parents’ voices, the smells, so it’s harder than usual to get them to sleep. They need the comfort of their parents. They just need their routine back.’
The Berdichevsky family lived in Kfar Aza kibbutz, a place now synonymous with horror.
Ten-month-old twin brothers Guy and Roi Berdichevsky were found in their cots in a family safe room more than 12 hours after gunmen murdered their parents
Twins Guy and Roi and their parents Itay and Hadar Berdichevsky
Inbar, who lives in a town nearby, said he last heard from his sister Hadar at 6.45am last Saturday, when she texted him to say the kibbutz was under attack.
Gunmen massacred dozens of civilians, many of them babies and children. Some victims had their hands bound and bodies had been burned beyond recognition. Israeli soldiers at the scene, less than two miles from the Gaza border, compared the murders to the Nazi pogroms of the Second World War.
Trying to shield the twins, Itay, 30, was cut down as he stood between their cots, while Hadar, also 30, was shot in the head in the kitchen. For the next 12 hours, the couple’s neighbour, Ido Shamriz, hiding in his own shelter, listened to the boys’ crying – but was unable to reach them as the house was surrounded by terrorists.
‘I could hear Arabic outside,’ Ido said. ‘The terrorists were sitting on my balcony outside my front door.’ Earlier, Ido, part of the kibbutz’s security team, fought gun battles against the Hamas terrorists, killing at least one.
At 8pm, with the coast clear, he joined a specialist team of commandos as they entered the Berdichevsky home. ‘The babies were so happy just to be held, not to be alone,’ he said. ‘I kissed and hugged them, but the army told me it’s not the time to be emotional and that they had to take them out before the terrorists found them.’
The twins’ devastated family are now doing everything possible to comfort them. ‘They represent light in this dark time,’ Inbar said. ‘The only joy in the story is the twins’ survival.’
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