Five-year-old Arab-Israeli Atallah awoke early on the morning of October 7, to go with his father and work on the fields of moshav Mivtahim in southern Israel. His routine was shattered when over 1,000 Hamas terrorists infiltrated Israel and carried out the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust, killing over 1,400 people, wounding over 5,000 – and kidnapping some 220 people and taking them hostage back to Gaza.
Mivtahim was one of the communities targeted by the Hamas terrorists, and as officers of the Magen unit of Israel Police arrived on the scene, they found a wounded Atallah in the arms of his uncle and provided him with life-saving first aid.
The future police officer
The boy's father had already been murdered by the terrorists in front of his son, and Atallah was fortunate to receive the first aid that would save his life. While recovering in the hospital, Atallah was visited by Negev Region Assistant Commissioner Effi Shiman, Magen Unit Chief Superintendent Ronen Kalafon, and the two officers who saved his life.
Atallah's family, who come from the Arab city of Rahat, expressed their gratitude to the police officers – and Atallah told them that when he grows up he now wants to become a police officer.
At the end of the meeting, the commanders wished Atallah a speedy recovery and expressed their condolences for the family's loss.
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