Mother’s last phone call with Israeli hostage daughter reveals Hamas terrorists argue over who gets to kidnap her
NY Post
The family of an Israeli woman being kept captive in the Gaza Strip has released her final, heartbreaking phone call with her mother — where the terrorists could be heard arguing over who gets to kidnap her.
Romi Gonen, 23, called her mother, Meirav, just moments after the car she was fleeing the Nova Music Festival on Oct. 7 was ambushed by Hamas terrorists.
She was cowering from gunfire inside the vehicle, apparently in pain, as her best friend Gaya Halifa, 24, lay dying in front of her.
Trying to comfort her daughter, Meirav, 54, could be heard gently telling Romi: “Romichoo, I’m with you, sweetheart. Everything is going to be OK.
“We will go to the hospital — you will get better and we will take a trip anywhere you wish together… I am with you, my beauty,” Meirav says in the clip, originally obtained by the Daily Mail.
As gunfire and explosions could be heard getting closer, Romi — who was shot in the arm and lost movement in her hand — tries to make sure her mother is still listening on the other end.
