The Karp Family
Dvir Karp and his partner, Stav Kimhi, murdered while trying to protect his children. (Courtesy of the family)
Daria Karp, 10, and her brother Lavi, 8, were spending the weekend with their father Dvir and his partner Stav in Kibbutz Re’im when Hamas attacked on October 7.
The family sheltered in the safe room. When terrorists entered the house and reached its door, Dvir confronted them with an axe to protect his children. Stav also tried to protect them. The terrorists killed both adults in front of the children. (1)
Daria hid beneath a blanket. An attacker lifted it, signaled her to be quiet and covered her again. (2)
Daria used her father’s phone to message their mother, Reut, who was in Yehud: “Mom, this is Daria. Dad was murdered.” (2)
Reut called and stayed on the line, trying to keep her daughter quiet while pleading for someone to reach the children. Daria told her she could not close the safe-room door: Dvir’s and Stav’s bodies lay in the doorway. (1)
Reut recorded the conversation because she feared it would be their last. (3)
Part of Daria and Reut’s call from inside the house, with English subtitles. Courtesy of the family.