The abduction of Adina Moshe, a 72-year-old Israeli woman with a Portuguese passport, is one of the most high-profile as it was one of the few recorded by Palestinian photographers following the Hamas attack on Israeli territory on October 7. Said, Adina Moshe’s man, was killed by militants of a radical Palestinian group.
Two Hamas militants armed with Kalashnikovs photographed Adina being driven on a motorcycle from Kibbutz Nir Oz, where she lived, to an undisclosed part of the Gaza Strip, where she remained until this Friday.
The couple were surprised by Islamic radicals when they were already in a safe room, a kind of home “bunker” located in their home in Kibbutz Nir Oz, located two kilometers from the metal fence separating Israel from the Gaza Strip and which Hamas militants had attacked . According to the couple’s granddaughter, Said Moshe was “trying to block the door” of the compartment when he was shot in front of his wife. A family member also said that Islamists “grabbed Adina Moshe barefoot,” and shortly after, she was photographed by photographers monitoring the Hamas rally. The image has gone around the world and is something of a symbol of resistance for the many men, women and children taken hostage by Hamas.
Adina Moshe received a Portuguese passport after her abduction. The last time she and Said were in Portugal was in June last year, as Anat Moshe said in an interview with RTP. Then the couple shared photos, namely next to the Belem Tower in Lisbon, and a video on a Portuguese beach.
Adina Moshe was born on Kibbutz Nir Oz, and according to a family member’s account to the AP, the Portuguese national also joked about her home’s proximity to the Gaza Strip: “If terrorists come one day, I’ll do it.” coffee and serve cookies.” The irony was not realized as Adina reported.