Horrific Video Shows Israeli Father Hy”d Saving Sons From Hamas Grenade With His Body as Terrorist Drinks Coke

A newly surfaced video graphically captures Hamas terrorists murdering an Israeli firefighter in front of his two young children on October 7, while calmly drinking Coca-Cola as the injured boys screamed in terror.

The footage is part of a 45-minute compilation documenting Hamas’s deadly 2023 assault that claimed 1,200 Israeli lives.

It was shown on Friday to global leaders, diplomats, and members of the press.

The video depicts 46-year-old Gil Taasa Hy”d attempting to escape with his sons, Koren, 12, and Shay, 8, as terrorists stormed their home in Netiv HaAsara, a community just north of Gaza, around 6:30 a.m.

The footage had not been released publicly until Gil’s widow, Sabine, who also lost her eldest son in the attack, demanded its release “to show all the world the truth that October 7 happened in Israel.”

The release comes amid increasing international scrutiny of Israel’s military operations in Gaza City.

In the harrowing home security footage, Gil rushed his sons toward the family’s backyard bomb shelter, but Hamas terrorists intercepted them before they could reach safety.

A terrorist threw a grenade at the family.

Gil, a senior firefighter, threw himself on the explosive to protect his sons, dying instantly in the blast.

The terrorists then forced Koren and Shay, now covered in shrapnel and their father’s blood, back into the house.

Inside, the brothers checked each other’s injuries. Koren realized he had lost hearing in his left ear, while Shay cried that he could not see; Sabine later described how his eye was “hanging half out of its socket.”

“Please, please, please. Let me go home!” Koren pleaded with a terrorist before breaking down: “My dad! My dad!”

The boys alternated between panic and despair, crying that they did not want to die like their father and questioning why the terrorists had spared them.

Bloodied footprints marked the house as the children wandered in shock.

At one point, a terrorist entered, offering the boys juice or wine while ignoring their pleas for their mother. He then casually took a bottle of Coca-Cola from the fridge, drank from it, and walked outside.

The Taasa family had already suffered tragedy that morning: their eldest son, Or Hy”d, 17, was murdered while on his way to Zikim beach to fish with friends.

Another video filmed after that attack showed the bodies of several civilians crammed into a bathroom, some inside stalls where they had tried to hide, others killed while huddled together in a corner.

Sabine later spoke before the UN in Geneva, recounting how her teenage son was shot multiple times. “Is that normal? Shooting a child of 17 six times in the head?” she asked.

Israel did not give a specific reason for releasing the footage now but said it had previously withheld it domestically “out of respect for the family’s wishes.”

The release coincides with Israel’s preparations for a full takeover of Gaza City as part of its effort to eliminate Hamas and end the war.