Ruth Haran, a Holocaust survivor, and Haim Raanan, who also survived the Holocaust, both faced the trauma of the October 7th Hamas attack in Israel. Haran's son was murdered, and seven family members were abducted during the attack. Both individuals expressed the profound impact of the attack, with Haran describing it as a second Holocaust. The attack has left visible marks on Haran, and she emphasized the need to ensure 'Never Again' is not just a slogan. Raanan, who hid with his grandson during the attack, also expressed the severity of the event, stating that it hit him even harder on a personal level than the trauma of his childhood during the Holocaust.
On Oct 7th, Ruth Haran’s son was murdered and seven other family members were kidnapped. Ruth, for whom the scars of her childhood will never fade, says that October 7th was a second Holocaust for the Jewish people. Credit: @N12NEWS https://t.co/m02nWMC7h6
Ruth Haran survived the Holocaust. Now she also survived the Oct 7 Hamas massacre. #NeverAgain #HolocaustRemembranceDay https://t.co/DE43OlFfVc
“As a child I fled the Nazis. As a grandmother I survived Hamas attack” “From Kristallnacht in Nazi Germany to the October 7 attack on my Gaza border community of Kibbutz Zikim, my life, through no choice of my own, has been a testament to both destruction and terror, and… https://t.co/kC2HOpIiCS
"For me it was a second Holocaust" Chaim Raanan survived the Holocaust as a child. On October 7, he hid with his grandson in the safe room of their home in Kibbutz Be'eri. https://t.co/7qIP2DYBPM
“My son was murdered. My heart aches. I’ve endured pain before, but this time it refuses to relent...I wake up at night and see the images." Ruth Haran survived the Holocaust and miraculously survived the October 7 attack in Kibbutz Be'eri even though Hamas came to her door.… https://t.co/iE6Zvc3vdw
Ruth Haran from Kibbutz Be’eri survived the Holocaust. She also survived the October 7th massacre. Tomorrow as we mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we dedicate ourselves to the memory of the victims and to making sure that never again isn’t just a slogan. https://t.co/m3jFXMop1j
“The moment infants are killed in their beds, women are raped, people are thrown on the ground and murdered, cruelly, satanically, and having done no wrong - that is a Holocaust” Ruth Haran survived both the Holocaust and the October 7 Hamas massacre. https://t.co/hOP2Q4IbY5
Haim Raanan, who survived the Holocaust, suffered for years from the trauma of his childhood; but it was less tangible, he said, than Hamas's October 7 rampage, which hit him even harder on a personal level. https://t.co/Ulrn7l2ude
Haim Raanan says he survived two holocausts. The first was as a boy in a Jewish ghetto in Hungary during World War Two. The second was in a kibbutz in southern Israel, hiding in a safe room, hoping not to be discovered by the Hamas gunmen on Oct. 7 https://t.co/RhaOuo62xy
Holocaust survivor Ruth Haran survived 10/7. One son was murdered, seven family members were abducted. Look how the last three months have aged her. #NeverAgainIsNow https://t.co/9gh8KMOAtR
⚠️ FOR ONE NAZI HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR, HAMAS' OCT. 7 ATTACK HIT HARDER (Reuters) Haim Raanan says he survived two holocausts. The first was as a boy in a Jewish ghetto in Hungary during World War Two. The second was in a kibbutz in southern Israel, hiding in a safe room beside… https://t.co/XiVLIsg8vz
Ruth Haran survived the Nazis. On October 7, she survived Hamas. #NeverAgainIsNow https://t.co/qQ0fu0lJ9z