A family destroyed by inhuman monsters: Inside the Israel home where a Bristol-born mother was killed alongside her daughter, 13, and 2 others were ‘snatched’ by sadistic Hamas thugs

With its HP sauce and bottle of ‘Nurofen for children’, the signs that this is the home of a British family are clear.

But their house is a house of horrors, covered in blood, destroyed furniture and a dead dog rotting in the living room.

Mother Lianne Sharabi, born in Bristol, was slaughtered here.

Her mischievous 13-year-old daughter Yahel, described as ‘a bundle of unbridled energy and joy’, was also murdered.

And in a fate some say is almost as horrible as death itself, father, Eli and 16-year-old daughter Noiya are feared to have been kidnapped by sadistic thugs and taken back to Gaza.

To her family’s chagrin, she is now believed to be among the lost daughters held by armed Hamas savages.

In the massacre known as ‘Israel’s 9-11’, this particular event took place in Kibbutz Be’eri, a few kilometers from the Gaza border.

It is a rural town where the Sharabi family lived a simple, idyllic lifestyle, but the chaos and terror that gripped their leafy cul-de-sac in the Kerem – ‘grape wine’ – neighborhood on October 7 is clearly visible.

Yesterday I crunched across the broken glass carpet of the family’s home, which was once filled with laughter and joy but is now littered with pools of blood and the horrible stench of death in the air.

The family’s blood-soaked dog Moka still lies lifeless on the living room floor. The dishwasher is half emptied and there are dirty dishes in the sink.

A blood-spattered kitchen cabinet door stands open, with HP sauce prominently displayed on the front rack. Along a ground-floor hallway, a sturdy metal door appears to be the “safe room” that most Israeli homes are designed to protect from attack.

This is decorated on the inside with family photos showing smiles, party balloons and grinning selfies from happier times.

But look down and a huge pool of blood stains the floor and walls. Was this the place where Mrs. Sharabi made a brave last stand when her maternal instincts forced her blindly into battle with the armed thugs who tried to take her children?

Another pool of blood lies in the nearby room, adjacent to a child’s wooden bed. It appears that ‘happy, friendly’ 13-year-old Yahel was fatally injured, in circumstances too harrowing to imagine. Amid the confusion surrounding the Be’eri massacre, the family initially feared she had been kidnapped along with her sister.

It is unclear where her body was found, but yesterday the family received the devastating news that the teenager is dead.

Last night her uncle Sharon Sharabi, an IT purchasing manager, sobbed: ‘Our suffering cannot be worse than this – my heart is broken. She was a British citizen and loved life so much. I went to her mother’s wedding in Bristol and it was a beautiful day.

“But now Yahel and her mother are both dead and her father and sister are missing or kidnapped. Our family was destroyed by inhuman beings without souls.”

He said: ‘Yahel was a wonderful, cheerful, friendly girl who did not understand all the hatred around us and wanted everyone to live happily together.

‘She was also very funny with a great sense of humor and loved to make us laugh.’

Mr Sharabi added: ‘I am still in shock after hearing that Yahel has been identified among the dead and that her big sister is missing and we have no idea if she is alive, dead or held hostage in Gaza.

“I pray for a miracle, but I have to say part of me thinks it’s better to be dead than in the hands of these people.” The British sisters and their father have not been heard from since black-clad Hamas gunmen carrying assault rifles and hand grenades rampaged through their small kibbutz looking for Israeli families to slaughter or kidnap.

The Sharabis, who reportedly visit Britain at least once a year, were all taking shelter in the safe room when the terrorists broke in, according to family members.

Somerset-born Lianne, who first moved to Israel at the age of 19 as a kibbutz volunteer, “lived a beautiful life and will be deeply missed by the heartbroken family and friends she leaves behind,” her loved ones said in a statement.

And in tribute to Yahel, the grief-stricken family said: “Beautiful Yahel. A bundle of unbridled energy and joy, with a sass that you couldn’t help but laugh at and a brain that was as sharp as a hammer. Full of adventure and mischief, we will miss her forever, but we are grateful for the light she brought into our lives in the all-too-short time she was with us.”

At least for Lianne and Yahel they can mourn now.

But for missing Eli and Noiya – along with another uncle, Yossi, 53, also kidnapped and taken to Gaza – there is only a lingering sense of dread.

Raz Matalon, an uncle of the girls, told how the horrors unfolded at Kibbutz Be’eri, where 108 people were killed. He said: ‘Early Saturday morning, when Hamas fired all the rockets into Israel, we called Eli and Lianne. Lianne told us that this did not look like an ordinary rocket attack.

‘It was different. She said she heard shooting and hand grenades exploding and the sound of gunfire getting closer. Then she said, “We must be quiet because they are close.”

In harrowing final messages, Lianne sent a panicked text message to her sister-in-law saying she could hear members of the terrorist group “shooting and shouting ‘Die Israel’.” The girl’s aunt, Nira Sharabi, said: ‘The last contact I had with Lianne and the girls was around 11am on Saturday morning. ‘She sent me a message: “Nira, I can hear them. They are here at our home. They shoot and shout ‘Die Israel’. Please call for help.” I told her, “Be strong! I’m calling for help!” But ten minutes later I lost contact with her and the girls.

“All we know is that the terrorists broke into their safe room. Eli had barricaded the door and was holding the handle, but the terrorists managed to get it open.” Sharon Sharabi said: ‘The last we heard from them was a text message from Eli around 11.30am on the morning of the attacks.

‘It said something like: ‘They are shooting, they destroyed our house, they are killing children. They’re going to kill us!” I was miles away and felt terrible – so powerless. I’ll never forget that day.’

He and brother Raz yesterday broke the news of Yahel’s death to her grandparents Peter and Gill Brisley, in their 70s and living in South Wales, and her brother Stephen. Sharon said: ‘We are not the kind of people who demand revenge – we don’t want any more innocent people to die and we want this to stop.

‘We also do not believe that the Palestinian people support this terror. But this will continue as long as Hamas is in power and we have to stop them – we have to win.”