Three years after the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023 massacre, Israeli medical workers are sharing harrowing accounts of a day when terror struck their homes and communities. Nurse Nil Kirsht-Levi, who lives in Kibbutz Magen, spent the morning treating patients remotely from her safe room while terrorists invaded her community, simultaneously texting her sister Rimon Buchshtab-Kirsht, who was later taken hostage to Gaza. Kirsht-Levi lost over 30 patients and knew around 100 people who were kidnapped, yet she emphasizes the importance of resilience and moving forward, welcoming her sister home after 53 days of captivity, though her brother-in-law was murdered. Midwife Michaela Koretsky of Kibbutz Alumim found herself improvising life-saving treatments in her own home for wounded neighbors, like Amichai and Eyal, while gunfire erupted outside, demonstrating extraordinary courage under extreme duress. At Soroka Medical Center, Director Prof. Shlomi Codish made critical early decisions, including maintaining full night shift staffing and declaring a mass-casualty incident, which proved vital in managing the overwhelming influx of 674 wounded in the first 24 hours, an unprecedented surge where ambulances risked ambushes and staff, like everyone else, had loved ones at home under threat. Codish described witnessing unimaginable brutality, including babies suffering from dehydration after their parents were killed, calling the evil beyond words.
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