Flash, 67, originally from St. Paul, Minnesota, is one of them. She lives in Kfar Aza, a kibbutz in southern Israel near Gaza, where some of the most harrowing and grisly stories have been emerging during the last few days.

“They are breaking down the safe room door,” Flash said in one of her final messages to her daughter Keren, 34. “We need someone to come by the house right now.” She had been communicating with her parents from a few houses away.

Keren described her mother, who worked as an administrator in a local college, as someone who had the “sweetest biggest heart,” who everyone knew and loved, and who had spent a lifetime advocating for the rights of Palestinians, including those who live in Gaza where she may now be held.

(via Lucianne)

[The fable about the frog and the scorpion comes to mind here. Hopefully she and her husband will survive this, but no one knows yet if she’s actually still alive or murdered by the people she used to defend. No one deserves this, not even the misguided. Pray for Igbal and Cindy Flash today,. — Ed]