‘I Understood My Life Is Going to End’: A Mother Describes 20 Hours in a Safe Room

Family photos left on a refrigerator after Hamas terrorists set it on fire on Saturday's attack on the kibbutz on October 14, 2023 in Be'eri, Israel. (Amir Levy via Getty Images)
Sofie Berzon MacKie on what went through her mind while terrorists attacked her kibbutz, and the first thought she had after she was rescued.
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Sofie Berzon MacKie is a British Israeli artist, a mother, and the director of Be’eri art gallery. She is a survivor of the Hamas massacre of Kibbutz Be’eri on October 7. Below, the writer Max Raskin asks Sofie about the 20 hours she spent under attack. This interview originally appeared on his Substack.
Max Raskin: How do you feel right now?
Sofie Berz…
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