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Raphael has lived in Israel for 20 years, and he joined the army in 2009.
In Israel, the family members of the Israelites who were killed in the case of a military operation in military operations or were listed as a terrorist attack will be specially supported, including a soldier officially notified the death of the death.
But since the Hamas attack Israel has killed more than 1,400 people, this service has become unprecedented busy.Therefore, an Israeli National Defense Forces (IDF) officers who usually do not deal with the families of the victims are also summoned to perform the task.
Rafael from Brazil is a Major Army, and he is also one of the officers called.Since last Friday (October 13), he has visited three families average daily to convey the news of the death of his loved ones.
"When I knocked on the door of these families, I felt like a death." He told BBC.
"But I know, this job is very important because it gives these families the opportunity to determine what their loved ones have happened and can be buried."
This is the first time Raphael has been engaged in such work.The Brazilian from Rio de Janeiro has served in the Israeli army for 14 years, usually responsible for the legal affairs of the Israeli National Defense Force.
"Some people in the army perform this task regularly, but as the number of deceased is quite large, the number of officers who have received such task training is not enough." He said.
He said he received four hours of training before starting the task.
"They said in the process of preparation, especially in the first few days, we might be very anxious, without appetite, and could not fall asleep," he said."This does happen -it is difficult to fall asleep and eat."
"But of course I will insist on eating and sleeping, because I know, if I don't do this, there will be one, two, three, four, and five families that they can't get the information of their loved ones."
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The car burned near the music festival attacked by Hamas.
Raphael said that his family of children and adolescents impressed him.
In one of the cases, he had to tell her father about a 17 -year -old girl's death.At that time, she was spending overnight on the beach near the Gaza Strip with her boyfriend, and the couple was attacked by Hamas.
Raphael recalled: "When we told the father about the news, he said that the day before, he saw the photos of his daughter on TV the day before, among those who may be kidnapped."
"He said, he still has hope for his daughter."
In another notice of the door, he visited a 30 -year -old woman who was killed in his home.Her husband disappeared.
"They left two 10 months old twins. The reason why they could survive was that their parents managed to put them in the dark room and locked the door before the terrorists arrived."He said.
"This is very difficult, I can't stop thinking of these families. They are parents who can't see their children again. They are children who have no parents rely on to grow up." He said.
Raphael said the work made him "difficult to fall asleep."
According to Raphael, many victims of the victims who died in the attack on October 7 had to wait for many days to get the news of their loved ones.
"It is difficult to distinguish the corpse, because some corpses cannot be identified at all. Therefore, it is confirmed that death requires time." He said.
"More than 600 people disappeared. Unfortunately, many of them have died, but they cannot confirm the identity of the corpse."
Hamas invaded Israel on October 7 and is considered the worst cross -border attack that Israel has faced for decades.
Hamas militants broke through the isolation bar between Gasha and Israel in many places, raid the villages in southern Israel, and killed at least 1,400 people.It is estimated that nearly 200 people have been abducted.
Military elements also launched thousands of rockets from the Gaza Strip, some of which hit cities such as Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
After the attack of Hamas, Bayrikibrtz near the Gaza Strip was burned.
In response, Israel launched a series of air strikes on the Gaza Strip in the next few days.As of Monday (October 16), Gasha died of 2,700 due to Israel's retaliatory bombing.
In addition, according to the Palestinian authorities, about 1,000 people lost contact in the ruins of the buildings destroyed by an air attack.
Last weekend, the Israeli army also announced that it was preparing to launch a new offense from the land, sea, and the air to Gama.
Israel has notified about 1.1 million Barstin people living in northern Gasha to move south to avoid future attacks.
The humanitarian crisis in Palestine is becoming increasingly serious. People are increasingly worried that the regional situation will be upgraded, and other countries in the regions such as Lebanon and Iran will be involved in it.
For security reasons, the BBC hidden the surname of Raphael.
