{"id":144404,"date":"2023-10-22T09:44:59","date_gmt":"2023-10-22T09:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/?p=144404"},"modified":"2023-10-22T09:44:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-22T09:44:59","slug":"video-shows-remains-of-brit-israeli-fathers-home-destroyed-by-hamas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/world-news\/video-shows-remains-of-brit-israeli-fathers-home-destroyed-by-hamas\/","title":{"rendered":"Video shows remains of Brit-Israeli father&apos;s home destroyed by Hamas"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Harrowing video shows burnt-out remains of Brit-Israeli father&#8217;s home destroyed by Hamas in kibbutz where the terrorists murdered more than 100 people in bloody rampage<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ben King, 52, and his wife Meyrav, 52, hid in their safe room during Hamas&#8217; attack<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>They escaped after Israeli forces arrived but their house was later burnt down<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Harrowing video footage has shown the burnt-out remains of a British-Israeli father&#8217;s home that was completely destroyed by Hamas terorrists.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Worcestershire-born graphic designer Ben King, 52, and his wife Meyrav, 52, spent 12 hours lying on the floor of their safe room in <span>Kibbutz Be&#8217;eri<\/span>, southern Israel, after Hamas stormed the area.\u00a0They escaped after Israeli forces arrived in the area.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The couple and their children Jon, 23, and Shalev, 19, as well as Jon&#8217;s girlfriend Leila, 21, have been evacuated to a hotel on the Dead Sea in Israel, where they are sheltering with others who have fled the conflict.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ben said he was &#8216;shocked&#8217; when he saw pictures and video of his burnt-out home taken by his brother Simon King, 59. He said\u00a0it is a &#8216;very tough pill to swallow&#8217; to accept that &#8216;everything&#8217;s gone&#8217; but added it was &#8216;a miracle&#8217; the family were alive.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The harrowing scenes were filmed in the kibbutz that sits three miles from the Israel-Gaza border fence. More than 100 people were killed in the community of around 1,000 people by Hamas terrorists on Saturday October 7.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/22\/08\/76855469-12658649-image-a-31_1697961374265.jpg\" height=\"845\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Worcestershire-born graphic designer Ben King (pictured left with his brother Simon), 52, and his wife Meyrav&#8217;s, 52, hid in their safe room\u00a0in Kibbutz Be&#8217;eri after Hamas stormed the area<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/22\/08\/76855465-12658649-image-a-32_1697961517672.jpg\" height=\"359\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The couple&#8217;s home (pictured) was destroyed after Hamas terrorists stormed their kabbutz<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/22\/08\/76855467-12658649-image-m-35_1697961591270.jpg\" height=\"953\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The inside of Ben King&#8217;s home that was completely destroyed by Hamas, with scorch marks on the walls and ash littered on the floor<\/p>\n<p>Simon, who is currently staying at the same hotel, had some work in the kibbutz area where he also has a home and told the PA news agency he was struck by the feeling of &#8217;emptiness&#8217; as he walked through his brother&#8217;s devastated home.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE:\u00a0British father-of-two is confirmed to have been killed by Hamas in Kibbutz Be&#8217;eri atrocity: Victim had planned to take his son to first Man Utd game next month\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>He said: &#8216;I was walking on his tiles which had collapsed because they&#8217;d been so burnt &#8211; it was like walking on a beach with shells on.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There was a smell of burnt wood and burnt rubber and plastic and it was shocking to see the house so empty.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;All my brother&#8217;s guitars and his computer screens where he used to make music and his wife&#8217;s sewing machine have just been totally burnt down to the ground.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He said there only appeared to be one item which was intact &#8211; a shirt hanger frame from Ikea. He also saw the remnants of &#8216;a lot of devastation&#8217; in the kibbutz.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There were burnt areas on places where there used to be grass and I was told that they put bodies there and burnt them,&#8217; he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His family have lost loved ones to the conflict, with his sons losing friends because they have been burnt or shot.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They&#8217;ve also lost female friends who have been kidnapped and we don&#8217;t know whether they&#8217;re alive or dead,&#8217; he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/22\/09\/76855471-12658649-image-a-36_1697961607078.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ben said that he was &#8216;stunned&#8217; when he saw that his house had been completely burnt. This picture shows the interior of Ben&#8217;s home with rubble covering the floor\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/22\/09\/76855375-12658649-image-a-39_1697963289877.jpg\" height=\"359\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The harrowing scenes were filmed in the kibbutz that sits three miles from the Israel-Gaza border fence. More than 100 people were killed in the community of around 1,000 people by Hamas terrorists on Saturday October 7\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE: Brave Israeli mother 45, hid her seven-year-old daughter in a cupboard while the terrorists ransacked their kibbutz, kidnapping and murdering more than 20\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>Ben said that when he saw that his home was completely burnt, he was &#8216;stunned&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8216;I know I was just being hopeful that there might have been a corner left untouched, but I was quite shocked and possibly stunned at the complete loss of everything that I called home and my family called home.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s a very tough pill to swallow and I think I&#8217;m probably still processing it because every time I see things that remind me of my home, I have to remind myself that I haven&#8217;t got that any more &#8211; you haven&#8217;t got a computer, you haven&#8217;t got that sofa or those photo albums that you look through once a year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They&#8217;re all gone, everything&#8217;s gone.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite this, he said that it is a &#8216;huge relief&#8217; and a &#8216;blessing&#8217; having his wife and children with him at the hotel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8216;None of us have any physical scars or physical injuries and we&#8217;re all here together.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;That is amazing because the loss of life is unfathomable &#8211; every day we get confirmation of the lives that have been lost and there&#8217;s a lot of sadness and a lot of funerals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;On a daily basis, we say to ourselves &#8211; it&#8217;s a miracle we&#8217;re alive because the attack was so random.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/22\/09\/76855373-12658649-image-a-37_1697961626754.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Tiles and wooden infrastructure of Ben&#8217;s home can be seen strewn across the floor\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/22\/09\/76855369-12658649-image-a-38_1697961648550.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The ineterior of his home is barely noticeable amidst the charred remains and rubble\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ben said he &#8216;cried and hugged&#8217; his brother when they were reunited at the hotel on October 8. His sister-in-law Zehavit, 51 and nephews Amir, 14, and Ori, 13, are also there.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The family are taking &#8216;every day as it comes&#8217; but have &#8216;floated the idea of living abroad somewhere&#8217;, he said: &#8216;Possibly England, but it&#8217;s in the air.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;d like to go back to the kibbutz just yet and also the kibbutz will never &#8211; you could say in a million years &#8211; be the same place because a lot of characters in the kibbutz will no longer be there because they lost their lives.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;That is also going to change how the community looks, but the community spirit in the kibbutz is very strong.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Some people have even said &#8216;why don&#8217;t we build a new kibbutz further away or somewhere safer&#8217; but that would be a massive undertaking.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Simon King added that Israel is &#8216;coming together like a massive family&#8217; despite facing ordeal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8216;At our hotel, we have brand names coming in and donating shoes, clothes and toiletries and celebrities come to visit, but I&#8217;d like to see the government supporting the people a lot more.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12658649\/video-burnt-British-Israeli-father-home-destroyed-Hamas-kibbutz.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harrowing video shows burnt-out remains of Brit-Israeli father&#8217;s home destroyed by Hamas in kibbutz where the terrorists murdered more than 100 people in bloody rampage&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144403,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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