An Israeli Couple Killed 7 Hamas Militants At Their Home To Save Their Twin Babies, But Died In The Attack, Say Israeli Official

A rescuer walks past a destroyed car during a search of the scene of an attack in the Israeli kibbutz of Kfar Aza on the border with the Gaza Strip on October 11, 2023.GIL COHEN-MAGEN/AFP via Getty Images Two Israeli parents were killed defending their home from Hamas militants, an Israeli official said. Hadar and Itay Berdychivsky, both 30, were army officers, said Israel's honorary consul in Ukraine. The bodies of seven Hamas militants were found outside their home, added Oleg Vyshniakov. A young Israeli couple died defending their infant twins from Hamas militants in their home in southern Israel, Israeli diplomats said on Monday.Hadar and Itay Berdychivsky were killed in Kfar Aza, a kibbutz in Israel along the eastern border of the Gaza Strip, according to the Israeli Embassy in France.Both were 30, and the couple had two children — a pair of 10-month-old twins, per the embassy. —Ambassade d'Israël en France (@IsraelenFrance) October 10, 2023 Rotem Segev, Israel's ambassador to Cyprus, wrote on social media that the Berdychivskys had hidden their children in a bomb shelter as Hamas militants launched a series of sudden attacks on October 7.Meanwhile, the young parents remained in their home to fight off the militants, and were killed in the process, Segev added."The were brutally murdered after fighting fiercely with the terrorists," wrote the ambassador.Oleg Vyshniakov, Israel's honorary consul in Ukraine, wrote on Facebook that the Berdychivskys both served in the Israeli army as officers, and owned weapons in their home.When the Berdychivskys' bodies were found by relatives, the bodies of seven militants were also found at their doorstep, according to Vyshniakov.