An Israeli woman detailed the moments when Hamas terrorists launched their attack against Israel, requiring the woman and her husband to defend their home and children before Israeli soldiers arrived to escort them to safety.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018We started hearing shouting in Arabic and we understood that the terrorists had penetrated the kibbutz, and this is a completely different situation that we\u2019re in,\u2019 kibbutz Nirim resident Michal Ravav told TPS News Agency.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ravav was in her home early Saturday morning when she heard alarms going off in the kibbutz and ran to get two children and herself into a \u2018safe room\u2019 at the home. She said that at first, she had no idea what was happening, citing that news outlets had not yet begun reporting on the Hamas attacks.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She then heard gunfire and people shouting in Arabic. Her husband, she said, is a police officer and jumped into action to defend the family from terrorists.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018He positioned himself at the beginning of the house, the front of the house, to track and monitor to see if they\u2019re coming in. And when we heard them coming close, I ran to a safe room and closed the door. I heard my husband starting to shoot \u2013 he has a rifle \u2013 there was a lot of shooting.\u2019<\/p>\n
Ravav said her husband soon returned and said that he \u2018killed a terrorist\u2019 who was trying to get into the home. The couple then heard \u2018a big blast,\u2019 she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018They threw a grenade at the safe room\u2019s door and then they started shooting at it, as well as at the window,\u2019 Ravav said. \u2018All this time, I had children who are on the floor, petrified, quiet, under body armors that we have.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
She said that she and her husband aimed their firearms at the safe room\u2019s door, telling each other, \u2018Whatever comes in, we\u2019re ready.\u2019<\/p>\n
Ravav said she frantically texted people to help the family, but they remained in the house for at least seven hours before Israeli soldiers escorted them to a \u2018group location\u2019 at the kibbutz. The family is still waiting to be evacuated from the area.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Israeli government officially declared war on Sunday, the first time the nation has made such a declaration since the Yom Kippur War of 1973. At least 700 people have died in Israel due to the attacks, while others, including women and children, have reportedly been taken hostage by Hamas terrorists.<\/p>\n