Posted on 10/20/2023 2:45:23 AM PDT by 11th_VA
JERUSALEM (AP) — When Hamas militants toting grenades appeared in her living room, Rachel Edri served them tea and Moroccan cookies until police stormed in and killed the attackers.
Edri’s tale of quick-witted survival during the Israel-Hamas war has turned the 65-year old woman into an unlikely folk hero in Israel. For many, she has come to symbolize the ingenuity of everyday Israelis left to fend for themselves as militants turned sleeping southern communities into bloodbaths on Oct. 7.
After an early-morning air-raid siren, Edri returned from a bomb shelter in her hometown of Ofakim to find a band of Hamas militants in her living room. As gunfire raged outside, Edri’s home saw a 20-hour tete-a-tete between hospitality and brutality.
“One of the terrorists said to me: ‘You remind me of my mother.’”
“I told him, ‘I am really like your mother. I will help you, I will take care of you. What do you need?’” Edri told Ynet.
After one of the grenade-toting gunmen struck Edri across the face with the butt of his gun, Edri soothed him. She served the militants canned pineapple, tea and her signature Moroccan cookies. She sang them Arabic songs, and they replied with Hebrew ones. She offered the men Coke Zero — when they said they preferred Coca Cola, she obliged.
“After they drank and ate, they became much calmer,” Edri told Ynet. “I started having conversations, and at one point I even forgot for a moment that they were terrorists.”
After 17 hours, a rescue team was able to rescue Edri and her husband with the help of their son, Eviatar. A local policeman himself, Eviatar gave the team a sketch of the house, helping the rescuers surprise the militants and fatally shoot them.
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<< A group of civilians bearing pistols fought back Hamas militants armed with assault riots. “They fought like lions here,” said Yoni Shalem, a man who lives down the street from Edri, describing the bravery of his neighbors. “Not the policemen, not the army — they did nothing. The only reason we’re alive is because of other citizens who came to protect us.” >>
When the SHTF, that’s always the case. Civilians are on their own. Hopefully that lesson will be absorbed over there. And here.
LOLOL!
What is an assault riot?
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“You know that thing …”
An AP typo or AP ignorance.
Jael
> Civilians are on their own. <
Right. While this is a nice story, the next terrorist attack will not be stopped with snacks. An armed citizenry is needed.
and she reportedly told the terrorist, “try it, you’ll like it”.
Liver-eatin Johnson baked biscuits laced with arsenic and left them for the indians.
Hamas will just use this story as propaganda and say none of the other things they did happen. See we just had tea and cookies and the IDF went around killing.
Why did the terrorists hang around for 17 hours? Doesn’t make sense.
AP trying to put a human face on murderers. It’s like lipstick on a pig.
Exactly. That's how they operate.
I’m not sure, but I’ve been told it holds eight bullets in a round.
Exactly. What were they waiting for?
“For many, she has come to symbolize the ingenuity of everyday Israelis left to fend for themselves as militants turned sleeping southern communities into bloodbaths on Oct. 7.”
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They are not “militants.” They are terrorists. Phuck AP and everyone else who is trying to soften the truth, trying to make them just sound angry, when they are a bunch of murderous animals.
As has been shown in other articles this week the average intelligence IQ of a Palestinian is 85ish.
So, these guys are not very smart.
Did they really think they were going to conquer southern Israel? That the IDF would not regroup and show up?
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