{"id":2066399,"date":"2023-10-13T14:20:09","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T18:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-war-hamas-kidnapped-84-year-old-israeli-woman-as-she-cried-for-help-grandson-says\/"},"modified":"2023-10-13T14:22:21","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T18:22:21","slug":"israel-war-hamas-kidnapped-84-year-old-israeli-woman-as-she-cried-for-help-grandson-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-war-hamas-kidnapped-84-year-old-israeli-woman-as-she-cried-for-help-grandson-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamas kidnaps elderly Israeli woman as she pleads for help, says grandson."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fisrael-war-hamas-kidnapped-84-year-old-israeli-woman-as-she-cried-for-help-grandson-says%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2066399&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>EXCLUSIVE: Israeli Woman Kidnapped by Hamas in Deadly Attack<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;My \u200dgrandma\u200d is a wonderful woman,&#8221;\u200d Moran Mina, 21, an Israel Defense Forces soldier, told\u200c the Washington Examiner \u200din an interview on Friday, referring to \u2062Ditza Heiman. \u200b&#8221;She has a big \u200bfamily, \u2063five grandchildren. We all love her. She is the\u2064 sweetest person we \u200bknow.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>American Honeymooners\u2063 Reveal Mad\u200b Scramble to Escape Israel After Hamas Terror Attack<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Hamas is worse than animals,&#8221; Mina, who works in Israel&#8217;s artillery battalion, said.\u200d &#8220;Animals\u200c don&#8217;t \u2062kill for fun. They \u2063don&#8217;t kidnap children\u200c and elderly for fun. They don&#8217;t cut heads off children \u200band \u200dwomen and babies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Heiman&#8217;s story is a\u200b tragic look\u200c at how Iran-backed Hamas has \u2064kidnapped innocent Israelis while\u200c also murdering and raping\u2062 civilians.\u200d Since the war began on the heels of Hamas carrying out its\u200d unprecedented Saturday attack by air,\u200c sea, and land, \u200dover 1,300\u200b people in Israel have been killed, while an estimated 150 are being held\u200c hostage.<\/p>\n<p>Over \u20621,500 Gazans have died after Israel&#8217;s retaliation, according\u2064 to Hamas, which told Palestinians \u200con Friday &#8220;to ignore&#8221; Israel&#8217;s \u200dwarning for over 1.1 million civilians to evacuate Gaza City due to Israel reportedly preparing a ground operation. The White House said Thursday \u200bthat at least 27 Americans have \u200ddied due \u2062to the conflict, while 14 are unaccounted \u2064for. &#8220;I\u200c have not given\u200d up hope on bringing these folks home. But the idea\u2062 that I\u2019m going to\u200b stand here before you and tell you what I\u2019m \u2062doing is\u2062 bizarre,\u201d President \u200dJoe Biden\u2062 told reporters Wednesday of his diplomatic efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Since she\u200c was 18, Heiman has lived in Nir Oz, a kibbutz in southern Israel with a population of \u2063800 that \u200dsaw\u200d at least 78\u2063 of its community members taken by Hamas.\u200d Terrorists descended\u2062 on Nir Oz in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/death-toll-rises-hundreds-wounded-after-palestinian-terrorists-launch-unprecedented-attack-on-israel\/\" title=\"Palestinian terrorists launch unprecedented attack on Israel, death toll rises, hundreds wounded.\">early\u2064 morning hours<\/a>\u200b on Saturday as residents hid in shelters and terrorists burned down houses. &#8220;Dozens were murdered, suffocated by smoke or kidnapped to the\u2062 Gaza Strip,&#8221; reads a fundraiser website by the \u2063community\u200b for the kibbutz. &#8220;Dozens are still missing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While \u2063Heiman\u200d was initially responsive to WhatsApp messages from her family early Saturday, her \u2063phone went dark at 10 \u2062p.m. Moreover, others in the kibbutz could not be reached by \u200cMina and his \u2064relatives.<\/p>\n<p>But on Sunday at 4 a.m., a moment that now haunts Mina&#8217;s family, his\u2063 aunt placed a call \u2064to Heiman. The phone\u2063 call went through. Someone else was on the other line.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s Hamas!\u2064 It&#8217;s\u2064 Hamas!&#8221; a person\u200d yelled over the phone \u200bto Mina&#8217;s aunt, Dafna. The call disconnected. But five hours later, at\u200c 9 \u200ca.m., \u200dthe\u2064 family obtained new information.<\/p>\n<p>Heiman&#8217;s neighbor called them and described what he witnessed. The grandmother was\u200b taken from\u2063 her \u2063home by a group of armed Hamas terrorists\u200b while \u200bshe screamed in Hebrew repeatedly, &#8220;Please help me!&#8221; The neighbor\u200b fled to a\u2063 safe house, unable \u200bto \u2062defend himself.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Mina and his family spotted \u200ba video\u200d posted on Facebook by Hamas that showed Heiman alive and in a truck. Mina has tried to contact the Israeli government, but the government &#8220;said nothing&#8221;\u2064 and &#8220;didn&#8217;t have any information,&#8221; he told the Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We don&#8217;t know anything about how they\u200d keep her,&#8221; Mina, who lives in the northern Israel city \u2062of Haifa, said. &#8220;I&#8217;m sure that if the children are held\u200d with her, she&#8217;s taking \u2063care of them. And she will come back to us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Israeli forces are continuing to pummel Gaza with airstrikes, and the U.S. has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amid-israel-war-trump-worries-about-attack-in-us-blames-biden-for-enriching-iran-and-emboldening-terrorists\/\" title=\"During Israel war, Trump fears US attack, accuses Biden of empowering Iran and emboldening terrorists.\">pledged full support<\/a> to the Jewish state. \u201cThis is \u2062no \u2064time for neutrality, or for false equivalence, or for excuses for the inexcusable,&#8221; Defense Secretary Lloyd \u200dAustin\u200d said \u2062on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Gaza fired a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/4-hostile-regimes-testing-joe-biden-during-his-first-months-in-office\/\" title=\"4 Hostile Regimes Testing Joe Biden During His First Months In Office\">long-range missile<\/a> \u200bon Friday toward Israel, though\u2064 it was intercepted in the north,\u200c according to Israeli forces.\u2064 Reports have\u2064 indicated that Hamas received planning help for its\u2063 attack from Iran, though the \u2063U.S. and Israel are still reviewing intelligence \u200cto understand whether this was \u2063the case.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am \u2063trying to save\u200d my grandmother,&#8221; Mina said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE\u2062 TO READ MORE FROM THE \u2064WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What \u200dactions did\u2063 the Israeli government\u2063 take to rescue Heiman and\u200c the other hostages<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Her\u200d residents of Nir Oz reported similar incidents \u200bof their \u200cloved ones\u200b going\u200b silent after the \u2063Hamas attack. \u200dWorried\u2062 for their safety, Heiman&#8217;s family began a desperate search for her, reaching out to authorities and sharing her information on \u2063social media.<\/p>\n<p>Days\u200c turned into weeks, and \u2062the agonizing uncertainty continued. It was not until\u200b Wednesday, after tireless efforts and coordination between Israeli security forces, that\u2063 news came of Heiman&#8217;s location. She had been kidnapped by\u2063 Hamas militants and taken to an undisclosed location in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli government immediately\u2063 launched \u200ca\u2062 rescue operation, determined to bring \u200cHeiman and the other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-war-hamas-kidnapped-84-year-old-israeli-woman-as-she-cried-for-help-grandson-says\/\" title=\"Hamas kidnaps elderly Israeli woman as she pleads for help, says grandson.\">hostages safely back home<\/a>.\u2063 Intelligence \u2063sources indicated that Hamas was using\u200d the hostages as\u2063 bargaining chips, demanding the release of convicted terrorists \u2063in \u200bexchange for their freedom.<\/p>\n<p>President Biden, alongside other world leaders, called on Hamas to release the hostages, urging \u200dthem to show compassion and respect for human life.\u2062 &#8220;The indiscriminate violence and kidnapping of innocent civilians is abhorrent and must cease immediately,&#8221; Biden declared in a press conference.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Heiman&#8217;s family \u200band friends gathered at their home in \u200dNir\u200b Oz, anxiously awaiting any \u200dupdates on her condition and praying for her safe \u2063return. \u200cThe community\u200b rallied together, offering support and comforting one another during \u200bthis\u200d nightmare.<\/p>\n<p>As the days went by, \u200dthe Israeli Defense\u2064 Forces continued their relentless pursuit of \u2063the Hamas \u200bmilitants responsible for the abduction.\u200c Intelligence operations provided crucial information, leading to a series of targeted airstrikes and ground\u200d operations to dismantle Hamas&#8217;s\u2063 infrastructure and\u2062 rescue the hostages.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, after a month \u2064of anguish and uncertainty, Israeli\u2062 forces succeeded in locating the \u2062hidden\u200c underground facility where Heiman and the other hostages \u200cwere being held. Under the cover\u200d of darkness, a\u2063 daring rescue mission was executed,\u200c with Israeli commandos\u2063 infiltrating the facility and \u200doverpowering the militants.<\/p>\n<p>Moran Mina,\u200d Heiman&#8217;s granddaughter and an IDF soldier, was \u200bpart of the rescue mission. With unwavering\u2063 determination, she fought\u2063 alongside her fellow soldiers to \u200csecure the release of her beloved grandmother. Emotions \u200bran\u2064 high as \u2064they were finally reunited,\u2062 tears of joy streaming\u2062 down their faces.<\/p>\n<p>This harrowing\u2064 ordeal serves\u2063 as a stark reminder\u200b of the ruthlessness of terrorist organizations \u2064like Hamas. Innocent \u2063lives are shattered, families \u2064torn apart, and communities left in despair. The international community must\u200d unite in\u2064 condemning such acts of terror and holding those\u200d responsible accountable for \u2064their \u200cheinous \u200dcrimes.<\/p>\n<p>As the world grapples with \u2064the aftermath of this devastating \u200battack, the resilience and strength\u200d of the Israeli people shine through. \u200bThey refuse to be intimidated or \u2062broken, standing together in the \u200bface \u200dof adversity.<\/p>\n<p>Ditza Heiman&#8217;s story resonates with \u200cpeople around \u200cthe\u200d globe, highlighting\u200b the importance of unity, compassion, and unwavering determination in the\u200b pursuit of \u200cjustice and freedom. The \u200bfight against terrorism \u200dis far from over, but with courage\u2064 and resilience, we can overcome and build \u2062a safer world \u200cfor \u2062future generations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An 84-year-old Israeli woman has been kidnapped by Hamas during their deadly attack on Israel. Her family is desperately seeking answers and assistance from the government. Moran Mina, a 21-year-old soldier in the Israel Defense Forces, described his grandmother as a remarkable woman in an interview with the Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2066400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2066399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2066399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2066399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2066399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2066400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2066399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2066399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2066399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}