Thousands of people have been killed so far in the conflict sparked by the Hamas attacks, which has escalated as Israel conducts retaliatory strikes on the Gaza Strip.
Her uncle, Harel Lapidot, said she had called her mother the morning of the attack to say she was hiding in a bush and to ask whether she should flee. The 22-year-old's cellphone was later tracked to the Gaza Strip, leading family to believe she was being held hostage; they mounted a campaign to secure her freedom.
Shachar-Epstein said her son, who had worked with special needs youth, had returned home two months ago after completing military service. Shachar-Epstein was born in Montreal, and Netta, like her, was a Canadian citizen. She said many members of the family still live in that city.Israeli Canadian Shir Georgy, 22, was killed by Hamas militants who ambushed a music festival near Kibbutz Re'im, an area near the Israeli border with Gaza.
"Adi was a beautiful woman that brought love and lightness to the people around her, but also she was very focused and determined to make a beautiful life for her family," her cousin-in-law Aaron Smith said in an interview. Ezra Shanken, CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver, said Mizrachi was about to start university in Israel after serving with the country's national defence force.
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