Israel’s government has published a selfie of an innocent family believed to have been killed by Hamas militants in their kibbutz near the border with Gaza.
Tamar and Yonatan Kedem, along with their children Shachar, Arbel and Omer, were all reportedly killed by Hamas in Kibbutz Nir Oz, which lies just 1.4 miles from Israel’s border with Gaza.
The family’s deaths are just a handful of the more than 700 Israelis killed since Hamas launched its large-scale attack over the weekend, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Monday.
Another 1,200 people were wounded, many critically.
Israel’s official X account shared the photo of the five smiling family members in a post late Sunday night.
Tamar and Yonatan Kedem, along with their children Shachar, Arbel and Omer, were all reportedly killed by Hamas
Tamar’s last social media post was made the night before Hamas invaded Israel.
Several major figures have denied the family’s murder, including Israel’s former prime minister Naftali Bennett
The report read: ‘Tamar, Yonatan and their children Sachar, Arbel, Omer. An entire family wiped out by Hamas terrorists.
‘There are no words. May their memory be a blessing.’
Several major figures have denied the family’s murder, including Israel’s former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, who wrote on X: “An entire family murdered in cold blood.
‘Look at their happy faces. Their love. All of them killed by Palestinian terrorists at Nir-Oz kibbutz. Just because they are Jews.’
Tamar’s social media profile lists her as an advisor to the Ministry of Home Affairs in the Department of Regional Cooperation and Clusters.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett wrote: ‘Look at their happy faces. Their love. All of them killed by Palestinian terrorists at Nir-Oz kibbutz. Just because they are Jews.’
Tamar’s Facebook featured several photos of her family in happier times
Her profile also states that she works at the Foundation for Encouraging Initiatives in Education, and that she was a former program leader for the Cadets for Municipal Service, an initiative aimed at training local leaders in Israel’s rural communities .
Tamar, who grew up in Jerusalem, earned a Masters in Management and Public Policy from Ben-Gurion University in Beersheva, Israel.
Her Facebook contains dozens of photos of her and her family in happier times.
She and her husband, a business manager and wheat grower, have apparently been together for a long time.
Tamar’s social media profile includes several photos of the couple when they were young, up until today.
Her last post on social media was made the night before Hamas invaded Israel.
The couple shared dozens of photos of their family in their kibbutz
She shared photos of her kibbutz, a type of isolated community unique to Israel, celebrating Sukkot, a Jewish holiday celebrating Israelis ordered to make a pilgrimage to the temple in Jerusalem.
The Israeli military said on Monday it had hit more than 500 targets in the Gaza Strip in overnight retaliatory strikes on the impoverished and blockaded Gaza Strip, an enclave of 2.3 million people, with officials there reporting at least 413 Palestinian deaths. .
“IDF fighter jets, helicopters, planes and artillery struck more than 500 Hamas and Islamic Jihad terror targets in the Gaza Strip overnight,” the army said in a statement.
Thick plumes of smoke billowed from the Palestinian enclave as the strikes continued into the early hours of the morning.
The death toll of this new war is already well over 1,100.
On the ground, thousands of Israeli soldiers are preparing to launch a massive ground attack to destroy Hamas fighters and infrastructure in Gaza that will cause fighting to break out in the streets.
But in the meantime, Israel may choose to conduct small special forces operations through which they target high-profile Hamas terrorists.
Israel’s defense minister has ordered a ‘total siege’ on Gaza, three days after Hamas militants began attacking Israeli citizens up and down the country.
A paramedic holds a little girl with her face covered in blood and dirt from the aftermath of the bombing of Israeli planes in Gaza on Monday
A paramedic holds a crying little girl after she was taken from the scene of the bombing in Gaza on Monday
A missile explodes Sunday evening in Gaza City during an Israeli air strike
A plume of smoke rises into the sky of Gaza City on Monday during an Israeli airstrike
Israeli airstrikes destroyed buildings and cars at the al-Shati refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on Monday
Minister Yoav Gallant added that authorities will cut electricity to the border area and block the entry of food and fuel into the region.
The announcement comes as Israel’s military scoured the country’s south for Hamas fighters and guarded breaches in its border fence with tanks, while pounded the Gaza Strip relentlessly in the early hours of the morning, with airstrikes and artillery hitting more than 1,000 targets that Hamas overnight.
Hundreds of Palestinians were killed and buildings were reduced to rubble after Israel launched its deadly revenge attack in response to Hamas launching a surprise attack that has so far killed more than 700 Israelis and injured 1,200.
The Israeli airstrikes have so far leveled a large part of the town of Beit Hanoun in the Palestinian enclave’s northeastern corner, which Hamas terrorists used as a site for their attacks.
On the ground, thousands of Israeli soldiers are preparing to launch a massive ground assault within the ‘next 48 hours’ to destroy Hamas fighters and infrastructure in Gaza that will spark fighting in the streets, US officials say.
MailOnline has contacted Israel’s Ministry of the Interior for comment.