Shai Levy
45-year-old Shai Levy, a reservist in the IDF, took shelter with his family while Hamas militants descended on their village near the Gaza Strip.
  • Hamas militants besieged Shai Levy's village near Gaza in the worst terror attack in Israel's history.
  • Levy recalled harrowing moments holding a door closed against militants as his kids hid under a bed.
  • The attackers eventually moved on to the next house. But other families weren't so lucky, Levy said.

Shai Levy and his family had planned to sleep in on Saturday morning.

It was a weekend, and they had all been up late the night before celebrating the 77th birthday of their kibbutz near Israel's border with Gaza.