Seth Meier, EdD

This is a story of heroism. It's a story about two worlds that connected in one morning. It's a story about giving and compassion, it's a story about Amar. He arrived in Sderot on the morning of October 7th to visit his brothers who work there, he came from a nearby Bedouin village, his two small children were still sleeping when he left. On the road in Sderot he ran into another family, the Swissa family - minutes earlier, terrorists shot the father of the family who was mortally wounded and the frightened mother, Odaya, stayed in the car with her daughters and screamed for help. Amar watched what was happening from the side while talking to his father who begged him to go home immediately, but Amar could not ignore it and said: "Father, there is a mother and two girls in front of me in danger, I must help them". Amar got into Odaya's car, and started driving after a policeman towards the police station in the city. What they didn't know was that the terrorists were waiting for them there too, two monsters who surprised them in the middle of the road, shot Amar and Odaya who was with him in the car and shot the policeman after whom Amar drove to the police station, the terrorists approached the car and shot repeatedly at Amar and Odaya, the little girls hid in the back seat and were not hurt. A security man passing by rescued them, the father who was shot at first, died of his wounds in the hospital. The girls (3,6) remained orphans. This is a story about Amar, who could have run away and might have been able to reach his children, this is a story about a hero who chose to stay and save someone else's childhood at the cost of his life.