Dallas attorney LeElle Slifer remembers her Israeli cousin, Carmel Gat, as 'free-spirited.' Gat was one of the six hostages announced dead in Gaza this...
Carmel Gat, 40, was among the six hostages found dead in Gaza. Her cousin, a Dallas attorney, remembers her as “free-spirited.”Communities around the world are grieving and protests have erupted in Israel this weekend after the bodies of six hostages were found in Gaza,LeElle Slifer, a Dallas attorney, said hearing that her second cousin, Carmel Gat, was among the dead, felt “surreal.” Gat, 40, was kidnapped on Oct. 7 by Hamas militants and has been in captivity ever since.
Slifer said Gat was asleep when the attack happened. Gat’s mom was killed, shot in the street of the kibbutz, and Gat was taken hostage. Other family members escaped, some hiding in a ditch overnight for 12 hours, Slifer said.After a deal between Israel and Hamas in November, dozens of hostages were released, including Yarden Roman-Gat, a relative of Gat. Slifer said it was “complete heartbreak” when Gat didn’t make it out with the others that month.
Schwitzer said the Jewish community in Dallas is “collectively in shock and mourning” after the weekend’s news.
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