The torched command center of the Nahal Oz IDF base, overrun by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023, during a visit by relatives of slain lookout soldiers on December 19, 2023. (Courtesy/Eyal Eshel)
The parents of surveillance soldiers killed in Hamas’s October 7, 2023, onslaught react to communications recordings of their daughter’s final moments, which were passed on to them by the IDF earlier today.
“We heard Shay’s voice. We heard her reporting on her last shift — on the morning of Friday, October 6,” says the family of Sgt. Shay Ashram, 19, who was killed at the IDF’s Nahal Oz post in the Hamas attack.
“We heard her laughing, after the last time we spoke to her, we heard her crying and scared on the morning of October 7,” the statement continues. “It’s a shame that we only got to hear her voice after a struggle of over a year, including a petition to the High Court.”
Sgt. Shay Ashram who was killed in Nahal Oz on October 7, 2023. (Courtesy)
The family adds a call for the release of all of the 96 hostages held in Gaza since October 7, 2023, specifically mentioning, Liri Albag, Karina Ariev, Agam Berger, and Daniella Gilboa, who were kidnapped from the Nahal Oz base.
Two other surveillance soldiers were also taken hostage to Gaza, one of whom was rescued alive and another whose body was recovered; she was murdered in captivity.
Emanuel Fabian contributed to this report.
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