Hamas's attack of October 7, 2023 has been aimed primarily at Jews but by they were not the only victims. Since the narrative about what is happening now is more and more antisemitic, blaming all Jews for the war and portraying all Palestinians as Jewish (or at the very least Israeli) victims I would like to portrait some of the October 7 victims who are NOT Jewish.
In Sderot on October 7 Amer Odeh Abu Sabila, 25, from the Abu Talul Bedouin village, construction worker and a father of two, died saving two Jewish sisters, 3 Leah and 6 years old Romi Swissa. The family with two small daughters tried to drive north when the rockets started. On the crossing near Sderot borders they encountered terrorists who started shooting at them. Mother, Odaya, run in one direction with Romi while father run in another direction carrying Leah. Father, Dolev, was shot, but managed to order his 3 years old to go back to mother. After a while she did and met her mother and older sister near the car. Unfortunately Odaya was wounded. That was when Amer heard Romi's shouting for help. He entered the vehicle and tried to drive wounded Odaya and the girls to the hospital. They were both murdered. Romi hided with her little sister on the floor of the backseat and after a while shouted for help. Rescued from the car by the passer-by they were handed, covered in their parents blood, to a random family to take care of. Both girls survived. Their parents and brave Amer did not. Amer's relative, Mussa Abu Sabila, 41, was also murdered on October 7, while working as a security guard in Kibbutz Re’im.
Amer Odeh Abu Sabila above
Dr, Tarek Abu Arar, an Arab Israeli doctor, engaged, among others, in volunteering for United Hatzalah, was asked to take emergency shift in Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon on this Saturday morning. He agreed. While driving to Ashkelon early in the morning, he heard first, vague warnings about something unusual, and as a protection put on the protective bullet proof vest provided to all volunteers by United Hatzalah. On his way he spotted a man on the shoulder of the road. He though he might be hurt so he stopped and approached the man. It turned out to be one of the Hamas terrorists, who, after the doctor approached, shot him in the chest. The vest saved his life, but in shock he started yelling and praying. That was when the other terrorist intervened shouting "stop, stop, he's an Arab" and saved his life, for the moment anyway. There appeared around 10 terrorists with sophisticated weapons, wearing outfits resembling IDF uniforms.
In the battle for Nahal Oz military base Warrant Officer Ibrahim Kharuba, Bedouin soldier, was one of the 4 fiercest fighters defending female lookout command center. He was fighting till his last bullet and fell there. He has received Medal of Valor (the second highest decoration in the IDF) posthumously. During the battle, Kharuba reportedly stood and told the female lookouts that it was an honor for him to die protecting them and the State of Israel. "It was my greatest honor to defend you," he said, according to details uncovered in the investigation. Officer Kharuba is credited with killing 17 attackers, his body was found the closest to the door of the command room where the female lookouts run.
In the same base some civilians, escaping from the attacked Nova party, found refuge. They were put into the sleeping quarters of the base, but when the assault on the base started they found themselves in tremendous danger. Terrorists were moving closer and closer to the place of their hiding. One of the Bedouin IDF soldiers, who may not be identified for security reasons, changed clothes to civilian ones and shouted to terrorist in Arabic pretending to be one of them. He managed to drive them away from the place where the escapees from the festival were placed. The civilians survived. Terrorists driven towards the Israeli fire did not.
Another 10 Hamas terrorists barricaded themselves in the Nahal Oz base sport facilities and were snipping through the windows at Israeli soldiers. A Bedouin officer, named Muhammad, managed to get in contact with Israeli officers in the bunker and - through them - with Israeli air force. He directed aerial attack at sport facilities. The attack killed all terrorists inside. He was later described as the first Israeli officer to ever order bombing of his own base.
Why am I writing this? for double purpose of remembering Israeli Arab heroes of the day who deserve never to be forgotten. And also to show how despicable, immoral and outrageous are the cries of support for Hamas as some kind of "resistance" against Jews and Israel in the West. I already wrote about growing antisemitism here but even from purely Arab perspective praising Hamas is praising terror and crime. Hamas not only rules in totalitarian way in Gaza, kills all peace craving Palestinians, kills any Palestinian Autonomy officers but was also engaged inside Israel on October 7 (as before) in a war against ALL Israelis (regardless their political views or ethnicity, Druzes, Bedouins, Arabs alike were murdered and taken hostage as well as non-Israelis (visitors and foreign workers) were slaughtered and taken hostage.
The heroes were the attacked who were defending themselves and others, sometimes at the prize of their lives, Jews and non-Jews alike. Attackers were the worst type of terrorist, who after slaughter, killing, raping and torturing have hidden among people whom they claimed to represent and whom they used and continue using as living shields.
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