Grandmother becomes first official Australian killed
Galit Carbone was one of 108 people killed by the terrorist group at Beeri kibbutz, located 5km from the Gaza border.
Tributes began flowing in on Wednesday morning for 66-year-old Australian-born grandmother Galit Carbone, when the Australian government confirmed she had been murdered by Hamas terrorists at her home in Beeri kibbutz.
She was one of 108 people killed by the terrorist group at that kibbutz, located 5km from the Gaza border.
Carbone’s body was discovered the day before, just metres from her home.
She is officially the first Australian killed by Hamas since the terror group breached the Gaza border fence last Saturday, going on to kill more than 1000 civilians.
In a statement on Wednesday, Australia’s foreign minister Penny Wong confirmed the “tragic death of Galit Carbone, an Australian citizen murdered in the attacks on Israel by terrorist group Hamas,” and stressed, “there is no excuse for the deliberate killing of innocent civilians.
“On behalf of the government, I wish to convey my deepest condolences to the family and loved ones of Ms Carbone,” Wong said.
“The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is providing consular assistance to her family, in Israel and in Australia.
“Our thoughts are with all those killed and injured in these attacks, and all others affected.”
NSW Premier Chris Minns said of Carbine’s murder by Hamas, “I can only imagine what that family is going through … the pain that they’re feeling,” and expressed his “deepest sympathies” for the family, “as they go through this terrible grieving process.”
In a statement, the Executive Council of Australian Jewry said, “We mourn with the Carbone family at this terrible time.
“The Australian Jewish community is already devastated, and confirmation of an Australian grandmother murdered in her home brings us new pain and sorrow.”
The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies conveyed its deep distress and sadness upon hearing that Galit “was murdered by the depraved Hamas barbarians”.
“We wish a long life and strength to her family at this unthinkably tragic time.”
For three days, family members of Carbone were praying that she would survive the massacre at Beeri kibbutz, where she had raised three children.
Carbone’s cousin Julian Cappe, from Rose Bay in Sydney, told NewsCorp, “The idea that terrorists could walk into such a peaceful place, and find an elderly, 66-year-old lady, and other elderly people, and gun them down in cold blood … it’s just devastating to feel that such a thing could happen.”
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