HORRIFIC footage shows a heroic British-Israeli soldier fighting Hamas as he bravely throws back the grenades they attack him with.
Aner Shapiro, 22, died in the brutal October 7 Hamas music festival massacre, as he protected partygoers and caught seven deadly explosives with his bare hands.
Aner Shapiro, pictured, died during the October 7 attacks as he tried to protect fellow festival-goers from a grenade onslaughtSky
TelegramChilling footage shows Hamas terrorists tossing grenades into the shelter where roughly 30 people hid[/caption]
TelegramShapiro then tossed seven grenades back outside of the shelter, but was killed after an eighth exploded[/caption]
His mother told Kan News that Shapiro stood by the entrance of a bomb shelter where around 30 festival goers were hiding from the attack – tossing the grenades back outside.
“He stood at the entrance, and threw the grenades out and he managed to save so many people,” she said.
Chilling video shows Hamas gunmen swarming the shelter and tossing explosives in repeatedly for several minutes.
The same grenades can be seen being tossed back out, some exploding mere metres from the shelter’s entrance.
Some rolled onto the road but at the end of the horrifying video, a huge blast explodes in the doorway of the shelter.
The fearless soldier had managed to throw back at least seven grenades before the eighth exploded in his hands.
The dashcam footage, shared by first South First Responders on Telegram, also shows Hamas firing at a man who tries to run from the shelter.
The video shows them firing bullets at the terrified people hiding inside.
“Shapiro eventually died of wounds sustained while holding off the terrorists, as he fought to save the lives of his fellow party-goers,” South First Responders said on Tuesday.
“Some of those he shielded survived the shelter attack to tell his heroic story,” the group added.
His heartbroken grandmother, Yamima Ben-Menahem spoke to Sky News about the loss of her brave grandson who sacrificed himself to save dozens of lives.
She explained that Aner and his friend, who is feared to have been taken hostage by Hamas militants, were trying to escape the Supernova festival as alarms sounded and missiles hurtled towards them from the sky.
The pair allegedly fled to a shelter, where they were met with the terrified faces of around 30 other festival goers.
“First of all he calmed them down, he said the army was only half an hour away and he was sure that everything was going to be okay,” said the devastated grandmother.
“Everybody was grateful he took leadership, he was a natural leader wherever he was,” she added.
When armed Hamas gunmen approached the shelter, Yamima explained how courageous Amer put himself in the firing line, blocking the entrance to the crowded hideaway.
She said: “When they [Hamas] started throwing grenades into the shelter, he said ‘I’m going to throw them back and if I miss one you do the rest of the work”.”
“He stood there and threw back one grenade after the other.
“From what his friends told us he managed to throw back about seven grenades, and then the last one exploded in his hands.
“The people who survived started calling us after they found out who his family was and one after the other said ‘he saved our lives’.”
Shapiro was the great-grandson of Haim Moshe Shapiro, a minister who signed Israel’s Declaration of Independence.
The Nova music festival was the first target of the Hamas terrorists as they paraglided across the border and unleashed terror on unsuspecting revellers.
Horrified rescuers found 260 bodies after the fanatics cut power at the site and opened fire.
TwitterAner stood at the entrance of the shelter (pictured) filled with around 30 others[/caption]
His heartbroken grandmother, Yamima Ben-Menahem, spoke out about his braverySky
The 22-year-old hero managed to throw back seven explosives
TelegramA huge explosion can be seen in the doorway of the shelter during the horrifying clip[/caption]
FacebookAner Shapiro, 22, with his father, Moshe Shapiro[/caption]
Terrified revellers fled the music festival after Hamas launched a savage attackTwitter