Looking After the Needs of Oct. 7’s Canine Victims

Published on April 6, 2024

SHOKEDA, Israel—The massacres of Oct. 7, which took the lives of more than 1200 Israelis, also took a toll on man’s best friend. Dogs were among those killed by Hamas terrorists that day in their raid against Israel’s communities near Gaza. Many more had to be abandoned as their owners fled or evacuated after the attack. An estimated 2,000 dogs escaped in the area in the days after Oct. 7. On March 9, one of those dogs, a German shepherd named Sky, returned to his owner and home after five months of separation. Sky had been fostered for several months by Roni and Michal Gilo, who live in Beit Hashmonai, a community near Ben Gurion International Airport outside Tel Aviv....