The Latest Breaking News from Shlomi Matias

‘I still want to go home’: teenager who saw his parents killed in Hamas attack on trying to rebuild his life

Six months on from 7 October, Rotem Matias talks about missing the parents who ‘really knew me’, and his frustration with the focus on their deaths rather than their lives

The Guardian - UK · Apr 6, 2024

Mother who died saving son, pro-peace academic and man missing at rave: Americans killed or missing in Israel

The State Department confirmed at least 22 US citizens have died since Hamas terrorists attacked Israel, while an unknown number have been take hostage. Here are some of their stories. Rachel Sharp reports

The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2023

‘My parents sacrificed their lives for me’: agony of 16-year-old survivor of Hamas attack

Rotem Matias’s mother shielded him with her body as gunmen raided their kibbutz

The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2023

Boston professor’s daughter and son-in-law killed saving son from Hamas attack in Israel

Professor Ilan Troen said his daughter threw her body on top of her son to save him as Hamas militants shot at the family

The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2023