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An Israeli woman who survived a deadly Hamas attack on Monday recounted how Islamist militants stormed her home, taking her and others captive and killing her friend.
Avital Alajem told CNN's Anderson Cooper that she and her neighbor, Hayim Katsman, hid in a closet Saturday when about eight Hamas militants bombed the door and opened fire, killing Katsman.
Alajem said she was dragged by militants along with her friend's two young children – Negev, 4, and baby Eshel, just 4 months – and forced to walk towards Gaza after her neighborhood was set on fire.
"They burned everything they could, the cars, everything. Everything is destroyed,” she said. "I kept saying to myself that maybe some women out there will take care of us and maybe be a little humane with us."
Alajem said that for reasons she does not understand, the militants released her and the two children after crossing into Gaza. "I don't know why they saved the children's lives and my life. They just told me to go. And then we started coming back," she said.
"I saw tanks and heard a lot of bombs. They screamed, screamed. We just kept moving forward."
Negev, whose leg was injured by the cuts, had to crawl his way home, she said. Alajem was able to safely return the two children to their father, but their mother, Adi Kaaplon, is still missing, she said.
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