An Israeli mother who managed to escape Hamas with her baby daughter broke down in tears on live TV when she learned that her husband had been killed.
Shaylee Atary began the interview by expressing hope for her missing husband Yahav Winner’s safety after terrorists broke into the family’s home in Kfar Aza on Saturday morning.
“I feel like every minute counts right now,” Atari told Sky News while holding their 1-month-old daughter.“He’s either injured somewhere or either kidnapped, so every minute is important.”
But during the live interview, Atary is seen looking over with alarm at a family member who received a phone call.
“Ma?” she calls out – Hebrew for “What?”
Other family members rush over to take the baby from her and mention the devastating news delivered by the IDF. Atary then breaks down and wails uncontrollably as others try to comfort her.
“I can’t even find the words. An Israeli woman hears that her husband is dead live on Sky News,” the We Stand With Israel account posted on X, formerly Twitter.
“I saw her give an interview yesterday to PBS News Hour. She had hope because that’s all you can have,” a user commented.
Another wrote: “Her husband left the safety room for protecting his wife and baby. He was a hero. My heart is with his family.”
Atary earlier recounted how she heard bombs falling while she was preparing to feed her baby.
“I thought it’s a regular bombing we have, like each couple of months,” she told PBS. “But then we understand it’s bigger.”
The couple soon heard people yelling “Come, come” in Arabic, and moments later, the attackers broken into the bedroom.
“So I took my daughter, 1-month-old daughter, with no shoes, no phone. My husband was left there with a lot of people that want to kill him probably,” she recalled, adding that she ran behind bushes and used empty flower pots as helmets.
Eventually, a family came to the rescue 27 hours later – when her daughter was so dehydrated she could not produce tears.