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Moshe Shapiro

Moshe Shapiro

Israeli architect and social media artist; father of Aner Shapiro, killed on October 7, 2023, while saving others during Hamas attack.

Jul 27, 2026

4:26
He would only say, "I did what I had to do."
4:29
Because- I said, I said in the, in the funeral that he took a, he took a moment of fate and, uh, changed it to a moment of destiny.
4:38
Because he could have, uh, hide himself in- inside the shelter, and he could have said, "Okay, I will try to, to run away." He was a very good athlete.
4:47
But no, but he decided no, that he'll stand, and he'll change the moment, and may...
4:51
He'll rescue the people although he just met them.
4:54
Uh, the, they were-- Uh, except one of them that was his friend, all the rest of the, the 26 people, 20, 25 to 25, uh, people, he, he didn't know them.
5:05
So, uh, in this aspect, uh, he, uh...
8:50
That's the thing.

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