Racheli Benacot

Racheli Benacot
Arik Kraunik and Racheli Benacot, siblings, led Be'eri's emergency response: she headed the Community Emergency Team, he served as security chief (sister Zehava Hacker also lived there). On October 7, while residents sheltered in safe rooms, the siblings rushed to fulfill their duties defending the kibbutz. Arik went to scout; Racheli opened a command center with her three daughters. For hours she managed lists, documenting everything: each family's status, whose home burned, who was murdered or kidnapped. Meanwhile, she summoned rescue forces from every possible source and tried to calm everyone seeking help