{"id":1619711,"date":"2025-03-08T04:40:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T09:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divine.ca\/?p=1619711"},"modified":"2025-03-11T19:40:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T23:40:34","slug":"international-womens-day-honouring-october-7th-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divine.ca\/en\/international-womens-day-honouring-october-7th-women\/","title":{"rendered":"International Women’s Day: Honouring October 7th Women"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trigger Warning \u2013 Discussion of sexual assault, murder, kidnapping and torture<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’ll never forget October 7th. I woke up to a call from Shai DeLuca<\/a>, a design expert, TV personality, and a close friend of mine who happened to be in Israel that day. He was on his way back to Canada from a wedding when he called me at 7am that fateful Saturday. “I’m just letting you know that I’m ok.” he said. “Why wouldn’t you be?” I laughed, but taken aback by his tone. “Don’t you know? Israel is under attack.” I immediately ran to the TV, hand covering my mouth in shock. “It’s unbelievable Jill. They are shooting people in the streets. They are sending Telegram videos to our What’s App accounts. I’ve never seen anything like this. People are being butchered. We are at the airport in a bomb shelter.”<\/p>\n

I was stunned. I didn’t know what to say. I saw image after horrifying image. There were videos of people being kidnapped at a number of Kibbutzim. Places that I never heard of before, now burned into my consciousness. Kfar Aza, Nir Oz, Nahal Oz and Be’eri. They are always with me. The statistics were shocking. Nir Oz alone had one quarter of their residents murdered in the most horrible ways or taken hostage.<\/p>\n

Images like Shiri Bibas looking terrified as she clung to her children, Ariel and Kfir; Naama Levy being dragged out of the back of a car, pants bloodied; Shani Louk, her limp body in the back of a truck, surrounded by terrorists, being spit on as she was paraded around like a prize. I’ll never forget the women of October 7th. There are too many stories to tell for one article, but I’ll share a few of these heroines who survived or died, show remarkable bravery and resilience.<\/p>\n

As I watched the images unfold, I couldn\u2019t help but focus on the women\u2014those who endured unthinkable horrors, those who survived, and those who fought to bring the hostages home. International Women’s Day<\/a> is the ideal time to focus on the women of October 7th,<\/p>\n

Shiri Bibas<\/h3>\n
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