Emily, who was eight at the time of the attack, was staying with a friend at the Be'eri Kibbutz when Hamas struck. 'When they arrived, we just opened up. Because if we held the door they'd shoot and the bullets would hit us,' the schoolgirl told Channel 4.
Emily described the harrowing moment of her abduction: 'They threatened us with a knife. If we resist, they'll kill us.' They put a blanket over us so that we won't see and maybe run away.
Tom Hand, Emily's father, noted the challenges of discussing the trauma with his daughter as advised by psychiatrists: 'I only get to know whatever little snippets come out. Like last night in the car, she just told me that she saw at least 12 dead bodies...'
Hila's mother, Rayaa, vividly recounted the violence, saying, 'There were about five to seven terrorists. They grabbed me by the shirt and said 'you're coming to Gaza.' We saw corpses everywhere.'
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