Yarden Roman-Gat, her husband, Alon Gat and their 3-year-old daughter, Geffen, were visiting her in-laws in Be’eri, a kibbutz that is near the border of Israel and the Gaza Strip, on Oct.
7, 2023. Hamas shortly after 6 a.m. launched a surprise attack against communities in southern Israel from the Palestinian enclave it governs.
Four militants placed Roman-Gat and her family into a car with two other Be’eri residents. They jumped out of it as it approached Gaza.
Roman-Gat handed her daughter to her husband and they ran away. The group the U.S. has designated a terrorist organization held Roman-Gat hostage in Gaza until her release on Nov.