Day: February 13, 2024

Passers-by call Tali Haddad a heroine when she shows them the place in the Israeli town of Ofakim where she saved 12 people from Hamas fighters on October 7, including her own son.

The attack that day caught residents by surprise in her normally peaceful neighbourhood, where some walls are still riddled with bullet holes.

More than 40 people were killed by Hamas fighters who drove from Gaza 25 kilometres (15 miles) away, cutting them down in the street, inside their homes or as they fought back.

That morning, Haddad, 49, refused to stay at home.