Israeli tennis player Berdichevsky has an emotional reunion with Oct. 7 survivors at the Paralympics
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Israeli tennis player Berdichevsky has an emotional reunion with Oct. 7 survivors at the Paralympics

Associated Press  

PARIS — Adam Berdichevsky cried before his wheelchair tennis match at the Paralympics on Friday. Berdichevsky, his wife Hila and their three children hid in their home at Nir Yitzhak during Hamas’ attack on Oct. 7 last year that ignited the war in Gaza. Throughout Berdichevsky’s match on Friday, a group of around 30 survivors from the Nir Yitzhak community held up Israeli flags, some with messages in Hebrew. “I just thought about giving them some good vibes and to win,” the 40-year-old Berdichevsky said. “To look at my kids, and give them a high five.” Berdichevsky, a six-time national champion and three-time Paralympian, lost his left leg in a boating accident 17 years ago in Thailand.

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