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NOV // 2023

Brutal attacks on Israel resulted in 1,400 innocent Israelis murdered and over 240 abducted hostages. The ACLJ is now legally representing families of several Israeli hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza. The driving goal is to get these hostages home safely as quickly as possible. The number of families the ACLJ is representing continues to grow. The ACLJ is also preparing to go to the U.N. to expand its efforts to defend Israel and advocate on behalf of the hostages.

Doris Liber recently shared on the ACLJ’s Sekulow broadcast the heartbreaking story of her son, Guy Iluz, a 26-year-old musician, who Hamas abducted at the Nova Music Festival. She had heard sirens going off and called her son to check on him. He was on his way home for dinner.

But then she received another phone call 30 minutes later from Guy’s father, who said that Guy’s friends at the festival had all been killed. He put Doris on a three-way phone call with Guy. Her son had been shot and was hiding behind a tree.

Guy’s father told him, “Look around, try to find dead bodies, and try to crawl under a dead body. Act like you’re dead.” Guy told his parents he loved them, and Doris had the opportunity to tell her son that she loved him.

That was the last time Doris spoke to her son. Eventually, she received notification that Guy was a hostage.

Next, Liran Berman shared about his brothers, Gali and Ziv Berman, 26-year-old twins, who were abducted from their home. The twins worked as light technicians for some of the biggest names in Israeli entertainment.

Liran awoke to sirens going off, which he’s used to hearing regularly in Israel, but after 90 minutes, he realized something much more serious was happening. His family sent a group text urging everyone to stay in their safe rooms.

Liran had initially heard that his brothers were at home in their safe room, but eventually, Hamas terrorists found their way in and took them. The last communication from the twins was a text message to their mother on October 7. Security forces later notified the family that Gali and Ziv had been taken hostage.

Liran’s father has dementia and Parkinson’s and doesn’t understand that his sons are missing. Their mother is living with the news one day at a time. Liran shared:

My mother is very strong. There are no upside days. She doesn’t experience joy anymore, but she is strong, and she is doing whatever she can to keep my father safe and my other brother safe. . . . Day by day – we are not thinking far ahead. We are not thinking about two weeks from now. We are thinking about today and tomorrow

Liran is very appreciative of the ACLJ and how both Democrats and Republicans in Congress yesterday rallied in an effort to save his brothers. Knowing that American support is on their side provides comfort to the Berman family.

We’re also representing the family of 26-year-old Alon Shamriz, an Israeli college student who was abducted from his home by Hamas. Alon, who has been described as a selfless young man – a beautiful person inside and out – who puts the needs of others before his own, was missing for 10 days without confirmation if he was even alive, let alone if he had been one of the victims kidnapped by soulless Hamas terrorists. After more than a week without any news, his family finally received a note from a neighbor who said Alon had been taken, which was later confirmed by the Israeli military. Just imagine seeing the news and knowing the horrific atrocities Hamas committed against so many innocent young Israelis just like Alon, and having no idea where your child or brother is, if he is even alive, and if he is suffering.

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