GEDERA, Israel – The attack on October 7th touches the people of Israel in so many different ways, specifically, the impact on family members of hostages.
Shai Wenkert, the son of a Holocaust survivor, is now the father of a Hamas hostage.
Omer Wenkert’s picture is all around his hometown of Gedera. Hamas captured the 22-year-old from the Nova Music Festival, and he remains in captivity.
His father told CBN News, “He’s a very handsome guy. He likes music. He’s a restaurant manager. And he likes food. He’s supposed to start study(ing) about the culinary food in November, but he’s still captive in Gaza.”
We talked with Shai Wenkert recently at the family’s home.
“Omer went to the NOVA Fest with Kim Damti. She’s a friend of him, (a) youth friend,” his father recalled “They went to the Nova in the morning, 5:30 A. M., before sunrise.”
He continued, “And there was missiles around, and they went to the bomb shelter. At the bomb shelter, it’s okay for missiles, but it’s not okay for hand grenades, that (they) are throwing inside, and for gun shooting. Some of them went outside. All the people that went outside were (shot) dead. Also, unfortunately, Kim Damti, she died. She
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