For a week and a half, the Dan and Kalderon families clung to the hope that Noyah Dan, a 13 year old girl with autism from kibbutz Kissufim, and her 80 year old grandmother Carmela, a resident of Nir Oz, survived the murderous attack by Hamas and were kidnapped into Gaza. Yesterday, the family received the news that their bodies had been identified.
Since the Simchat Torah Massacre, the family reported that 13-year old Noyah had low-functioning autism, and was abducted into Gaza. They added that any noise or unsafe environment makes her feel fear and have involuntary impulses. The family, who did not yet know of the full disaster that befell them, thought that she had been kidnapped along with her grandmother, and were worried about how she’d survive there.








