A hero of the October 7 attacks has spoken of how she “is grateful to have reached the age of 21” as she recalled how Hamas mercilessly hunted her and her IDF comrades that horrific morning.
Eden Ram was serving as an officer on what was supposed to be her last day at a base 20 kilometres from Gaza when it was stormed by terrorists. Now aged just 21, she reduced 530 guests at the annual Beit Halochem dinner to silence as she recalled how two of her comrades were gunned down as they tried to flee from gunfire and another was killed, before a photo of his body was sent to her and the victim’s mother.
“I thought it couldn’t get worse but that was just the beginning,” she told the audience on Monday. “At first we thought we’d be safe in the command room. But we were six people and only had two weapons so we didn’t have a chance. We heard the terrorists coming closer and I thought we were all going to die so I started to say goodbye to my family. I didn’t think I’d see them again.