Adele Raemer loved life in her small Israeli kibbutz, calling it “95% heaven” before the horror of Hamas’ Oct. 7 terror attack shattered that reality.
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Raemer told CBN News during a sit-down interview at the National Religious Broadcasters Convention in Nashville, Tennesse, she and her family and community in Kibbutz Nirim were celebrating the Simchat Torah holiday the night before the attack.
“We had lots of visitors, and the atmosphere was festive, and everybody had a good time,” she said. “And, before I went to bed, my [33-year-old] son, who was visiting … I told my son, ‘If you don’t see me in the morning when you wake up, don’t worry, because I want to go take out my camera to the fields and take pictures of the wildflowers at sunrise on October 7th.’”
Fortunately, Raemer was too tired that morning to wake up early enough to head out — something that very likely saved her life, considering her kibbutz is just one mile from the border.
“If I hadn’t … been too tired, I would not be sitting here and talking with you today,” she said.
Raemer started hearing rockets around 6:30
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