Touching moment at UIA event
Eilon shared her trauma of October 7, when terrorists came into her home.
In a touching moment at the UIA Women’s Division event in Melbourne last week, 17-year-old Kfar Aza survivor Gali Eilon was comforted by social media star Elica Le Bon as she recounted her ordeal.
At the podium sharing her story of surviving October 7, Eilon broke down in tears and left the stage. Minutes later, she returned with Le Bon who embraced her during her speech, in a heartwarming display of solidarity.
Eilon shared her trauma of October 7, when terrorists came into her home, and related that she was saved by Israeli soldiers, but three soldiers lost their lives in battle.
When the soldiers asked Eilon for a map of the kibbutz, which she did not have, Eilon used Google maps and the kibbutz WhatsApp to inform the soldiers the locations of the terrorists as well as those hiding and taken hostage.
Tragically, Eilon’s father was killed fighting terrorists on the kibbutz, a loss she continues to struggle with.
“He meant everything to me,” she said.
Eilon dreams of rebuilding the kibbutz and telling her future children about her father and the heroes who made it possible to be there. She thanked the crowd for helping to make that dream a reality.
Le Bon, a fierce advocate for women’s rights and against Islamist extremism and antisemitism, then spoke in a Q&A with former Victorian governor Linda Dessau. The UK born lawyer rose to prominence on social media condemning the October 7 atrocities and uses her moral clarity to cut through misinformation.
“One truth can outshine a thousand lies,” she said.
Following the 1979 Iranian revolution, Le Bon’s mother was incarcerated in an Iranian prison, after a cousin, wanted by the Islamic regime, came to visit her house. Her mother was released after her cousin turned herself in, and the cousin was hanged.
“Growing up understanding who the jihadists were … the mind games they play and the phenomenal success they enjoy in somehow presenting to the world as victims, this was something I understood very well,” Le Bon said.
Today she criticises so-called human rights and feminist organisations that fail to stand up for women in Israel, Iran and Afghanistan.
The Women’s Division’s events in both Melbourne and Sydney also featured Tair Telem, a beneficiary of the Heartbeat program for at-risk babies and their families, an organisation UIA Women’s Division is fundraising for. Both events were sold out.
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