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| Australian woman Galit Carbone killed in Israel in Hamas attack | Australian woman Galit Carbone killed in Israel in Hamas attack |
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| The Sydney-born 66-year-old is the first Australian victim known to have died amid the conflict | The Sydney-born 66-year-old is the first Australian victim known to have died amid the conflict |
| An Australian woman living in Israel, Galit Carbone, has been killed in the Hamas attack, the Australian government has confirmed. | |
| Carbone, 66, was reportedly found dead outside her home in the Be’eri kibbutz in southern Israel near the Gaza Strip border after the attack. | |
| The Sydney-born grandmother is the first Australian victim known to have died amid the conflict. | The Sydney-born grandmother is the first Australian victim known to have died amid the conflict. |
| The foreign minister, Penny Wong, said the loss of life from these attacks “has been devastating and unacceptable”, and that the department was providing consular assistance to Carbone’s family in Israel and Australia. | |
| “The Australian government has received confirmation of the tragic death of Galit Carbone, an Australian citizen murdered in the attacks on Israel by terrorist group Hamas,” she said in a statement on Wednesday morning. | |
| “On behalf of the government, I wish to convey my deepest condolences to the family and loved ones of Ms Carbone. | |
| “Australia unequivocally condemns the attacks on Israel by Hamas. There is no excuse for the deliberate killing of innocent civilians.” | |
| Wong said Australia has called for the attacks to stop, for the “immediate and unconditional release of all those taken hostage”, and has urged that civilian lives be protected at all times. | |
| Meanwhile, Australians in Israel are telling of their terror as missile strikes continue. | |
| One, Janet Goodvach, has told Guardian Australia that in some towns there are only seconds between a siren and a missile strike. | |
| Goodvach, 47, lives in Tel Mond, north-east of Tel Aviv with her husband and three teenage children. She works for the Israel Australian Chamber of Commerce and the Victorian government’s trade and investment office. | |
| She’s part of a WhatsApp group with about 15 other Australians in Israel. | |
| She said Tel Mond locals have 90 seconds to find safety once the siren sounds for an imminent missile strike. In the border town of Sderot or the beach town of Ashkelon, the window of safety is as little as 10 seconds. | |
| “They live with that. People there are sleeping in bomb shelters because it’s just safer,” she said. | |
| “Life has just stopped here. We’re in a warzone. | |
| “We woke up to a siren on Saturday morning. They place sirens directly where missiles will hit, we couldn’t work out whether it was over us and so we wondered whether to go to the shelter but we went back to sleep.” | |
| It’s “harrowing” that someone has “pressed the pause button” on what is usually a thriving and happy place, she said. | |
| “We woke up Sunday morning to the news that one of a very, very close friend’s sons had been killed. | |
| “Funerals have been cancelled because of security warnings.” | |
| O’Neil said on Wednesday morning the confirmation of Carbone’s death was “heartbreaking news” for her family and her community. | |
| “Our hearts go out to … the people who knew her and the Jewish community, who are suffering from what is a violent, abhorrent and unjustified act of terrorism against this country and citizens,” O’Neil said on Sunrise. | “Our hearts go out to … the people who knew her and the Jewish community, who are suffering from what is a violent, abhorrent and unjustified act of terrorism against this country and citizens,” O’Neil said on Sunrise. |
| “What’s happened here is a senseless act of violence… and the Australian government condemns it in the strongest possible terms. | |
| “I say to the Jewish community: we’re standing with you, wrapping our arms around you and I express my deepest condolences for what has happened here.” | |
| Singer and actor, Hugh Sheridan, has told of a narrow escape after he was offered a ticket to the Supernova festival, which was attacked by Hamas. He turned it down. During the attacks he took shelter in a stairwell, and later left the country, fleeing to Greece, he told the Today show. | |
| Channel Nine’s Europe and Middle East correspondent, Adelaide journalist Edward Godfrey, was in Israel near the Gaza border and was forced to duck for cover when Hamas launched rockets overhead, he told The Advertiser. | |
| Inside Kfar Aza. The kibbutz right next to the Gaza border, one of the first and hardest hit. Nobody’s been in since the attack began, until now. What happened here is horrifying. @9NewsAUS @TheTodayShow pic.twitter.com/1BAacna1id | |
| Before the revelation of Carbone’s death, Anthony Albanese said “there are concerns about Australians in the Middle East”. | Before the revelation of Carbone’s death, Anthony Albanese said “there are concerns about Australians in the Middle East”. |
| “I receive briefings every day about these issues,” the prime minister told reporters in Port Lincoln on Tuesday. “And we continue to work through [the department of] foreign affairs to provide support.” | “I receive briefings every day about these issues,” the prime minister told reporters in Port Lincoln on Tuesday. “And we continue to work through [the department of] foreign affairs to provide support.” |
| The foreign minister, Penny Wong, said the Australian government was “assessing all options”, indicating it may charter special flights out of Israel as commercial options narrow. | |
| “With developments in Israel and Gaza, the Australian government is assessing all options for Australians wanting to leave,” Wong said in a social media post on Tuesday evening. | “With developments in Israel and Gaza, the Australian government is assessing all options for Australians wanting to leave,” Wong said in a social media post on Tuesday evening. |
| “We understand the difficulties with limited commercial options. If you want to leave and do have a viable option, we encourage you to pursue that. | “We understand the difficulties with limited commercial options. If you want to leave and do have a viable option, we encourage you to pursue that. |
| “We will continue to provide updates to registered Australians.” | “We will continue to provide updates to registered Australians.” |