Caregiver makes Filipinos proud
Jesalva and Hefetz were awakened by the sound of incoming rocket and mortar fire on the morning of the incident, leading them to take refuge in a bomb shelter inside their home.
Filipina caregiver Camille Jesalva (right) is seen with her 95-year-old ward, Nitza Hefetz, celebrating her 95th birthday at the Nofim home for seniors in Jerusalem in this undated photo. Jesalva saved both her own life and Hefetz by offering the savings she had set aside for her upcoming trip to the Philippines to a Hamas terrorist who entered their residence along the Gaza border on 7 October. | PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF Camille Jesalva FACEBOOK PAGE
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