Her Fiance Dived Into Grenade To Save Her Life During October 7 Hamas Attack

Netta Epstein was among the 1,400 people killed in the shock Hamas attack and its aftermath, according to Israeli authorities.

When young Israeli Irene Shavit spoke to her mother after her first date with Netta Epstein, she said she was "already in love" but feared it could "end badly". Shavit, 22, imagined that the romance, like so many others, might end in heartbreak. Instead, it ended on October 7, when Epstein dived onto a Hamas grenade to save her life.

He was among the 1,400 people killed in the shock Hamas attack and its aftermath, according to Israeli authorities, most of them civilians who died on the first day.

"He died so I could live, so I must live," said Shavit about her fiance, who was also 22.