On Oct. 7, 2023, Eli Rott was spending Simchat Torah at his in-laws’ with his wife and two children when rocket-alert sirens blared across Jerusalem.
Almost simultaneously, at around 8:05 a.m. he received a call from United Hatzalah, for which he has volunteered for five years as a first responder, informing him that he needed to head south towards the Gaza border.
“I had a bit of an argument with my wife. She didn’t want to let me go at first. She was terrified. Not that we even knew at the time how severe the attack was,” Rott, a haredi, or ultra-Orthodox Jew, told JNS.
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The article describes this one man's heroic actions on 7 Oct 2023. God bless him.
Almost simultaneously, at around 8:05 a.m. he received a call from United Hatzalah, for which he has volunteered for five years as a first responder, informing him that he needed to head south towards the Gaza border.
“I had a bit of an argument with my wife. She didn’t want to let me go at first. She was terrified. Not that we even knew at the time how severe the attack was,” Rott, a haredi, or ultra-Orthodox Jew, told JNS.
Miracle on ‘Black Shabbat’: How One Ultra-Orthodox Jew Saved 50 Israelis | United with Israel
Over the course of the day, Rott saved some 50 people.
unitedwithisrael.org
The article describes this one man's heroic actions on 7 Oct 2023. God bless him.
