Israeli Director Yahav Winner Discovered Lifeless After Hamas Terrorist Assault

Israeli troopers have recovered the physique of The Boy director Yahav Winner after he fought off an assault on his house by Hamas terrorists within the southern Israeli kibbutz Kfar Aza on Oct. 7, solely to be kidnapped and ultimately killed.

On Thursday, Israeli gross sales and distribution firm Go2Films confirmed the demise of the Israeli director to The Hollywood Reporter after the retrieval of his stays on Wednesday.

“It’s with immense sorrow that Go2Films shares the devastating information that our beloved filmmaker, Yahav Winner, was discovered lifeless in Kfar Aza yesterday night, after three days during which he was thought of lacking. The lack of Yahav has left an indelible void in our hearts, and we prolong our deepest condolences to Shaylee Atary, his spouse, his household, mates and all who had been touched by his artistry and spirit,” Go2Films mentioned in a press release.

His spouse, filmmaker Shaylee Atary, paid tribute to her late husband in an emotional assertion: “From the testimony of the soldier who discovered Yahav’s physique, I now know that Yahav was killed by a single shot in his head. He didn’t endure. I additionally know that he not solely blocked the window of our bed room, but additionally tried to lock the door of the home with Shaya’s stroller to stall the terrorists. He didn’t run away. He saved making an attempt to avoid wasting us. That was my husband.”

Winner’s struggles with the Hamas terrorists as they tried to enter the home by means of a bed room window apparently allowed his spouse and their 1-month previous child, Shaya, to flee and ultimately be rescued by Israeli troopers after over a day in hiding with out meals and water.

Winner’s quick movies embrace The Boy, a few father and son from a kibbutz close to the Gaza strip dealing with incoming rocket hearth and close by fight. The movie earned the perfect cinematography prize on the 2023 Tel Aviv Worldwide College students Movie Pageant.

Winner additionally produced the 2020 quick Neurim, directed by Atary and which screened in Cannes as a part of the Cinefondation part and the Palm Springs ShortFest.

“Within the wake of this tragedy, we discover solace within the considered celebrating Yahav’s life and work. Yahav’s quick movie, The Boy, unfolds a story that sheds gentle on life in Kfar Aza, the kibbutz of his upbringing, and quite a few different Israeli villages alongside the border with Gaza. These communities have borne the heavy weight of losses in the course of the ongoing assaults,” Go2Films added.