‘I’ll never go back’: the Israelis displaced from homes by Hamas attack

Jonathan Shamriz with his wife, Natali, and daughter Yali. The family sheltered in a safe for 22 hours when Hamas gunmen arrived at their kibbutz. Photograph: handout

Yali Shamriz was celebrating her second birthday when Hamas gunmen arrived at the kibbutz where she lived and opened fire.

For 22 hours, she sheltered with her father, Jonathan, 33, and mother, Natali, 31, in the safe room at their home while the attackers murdered 63 of the kibbutz’s 700 residents and kidnapped 19 others, including Jonathan’s brother, Alon, 26.