Israeli Yaniv Hegyi, a survivor from Kibbutz Beeri, the worst-hit community in the Hamas attacks of October 7 on southern Israel, sits at Kibbutz Ein Gedi near the Dead Sea on November 29.//AFP
Ein Gedi, Israel – Message after message, the brief WhatsApps tell a poignant and chilling story of encroaching terror with people making increasingly desperate pleas for help, some of them with only minutes to live.
“People documented their last moments, they sent selfies before they were murdered,” said Yaniv Hegyi, a former secretary-general of kibbutz Beeri.
Beeri was the worst-hit community in the Hamas attacks of October 7 on southern Israel, second only to the Supernova music festival for the number of victims. Out of a population of 1,100, more than 80 were killed.
Now Hegyi is leading a project called “Memorial 710”, collating the WhatsApp messages, images and video…
