On October 7, 2023, after the sound of falling missiles could be heard, the female tank company of the Caracal Battalion, Pereh Company, joined forces with the Peled crew, comprising nine fighters, and began to move southward. After an encounter with dozens of terrorists on an access road to the Gaza periphery, they carefully surveyed the area, discovered the breach in the perimeter fence and realized what was happening. They neutralized four terrorists in Moshav Yated and proceeded to Kibbutz Holit, where they used a tank to breach the kibbutz fence. A member of the Peled crew recalled: “We encountered dozens of terrorists and Pereh provided support with fire. They led a courageous battle in the fruit groves against the terrorists and provide us with a smoke screen so that we could evacuate injured people. They fought like lionesses.” Kibbutz Holit mourns the murders of 11 residents and two soldiers who fell in battle, Capt. Yiftah Gurani and Staff Sergeant Liran Almosnini. May their memory be a blessing.
