Rescapés attaque Hamas plongent pour survivre

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Au fond de la mer Rouge, Yamit Avital libère son esprit de la guerre et du traumatisme de l'attaque du Hamas pendant un court instant. - L'info en continu  https://buzzplus.fr/ Infos, news & actualités - L'information internationale en direct.

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00:00 At the bottom of the Red Sea, Yami Avital frees her mind from the war and the trauma of the Hamas attack for a short moment.

00:07 "There is a form of tranquility in the sea, in the depths," says Mrs. Avital,

00:12 coming out of the turquoise water of the Gulf as soon as she dived more than 20 meters deep.

00:17 "It's as if you couldn't hear anything, only the music of the sea," she says.

00:22 She and her husband Beni are among the survivors of Niros,

00:25 the most severely affected by the Hamas attack on October 7, which killed about 1,140,

00:30 most of the civilians, according to a count from the AFP made from the latest Israeli official figures.

00:36 About a quarter of the 400 inhabitants of Niros were killed or captured on October 7,

00:41 among these hostages, 25 are still held in the Gaza Strip.

00:45 Since the beginning of the war, the inhabitants of the villages and kibbutz near Gaza

00:49 have been evacuated to hotels throughout the country.

00:52 Under the eyes of the survivors of Niros, the natural reserve of Koro Dela and its diving clubs extends.

00:57 "We are ready to give everything we can to the families of Niros,"

01:01 said Yuval Goren, director of the club in Kaspor.

01:05 And it is not the only one, the Israeli Diving Federation,

01:08 the clubs of the Baneer Station and dozens of volunteers have mobilized

01:12 to offer underwater and free diving lessons,

01:15 where divers dive into the water after a single breath.

01:18 Many novice divers found that this meditative exercise soothed their trauma.

01:23 Volunteer instructors have on their part estimated that diving has been therapeutic

01:27 for the survivors of October 7.

01:30 The discovery of the underwater environment, physical activity,

01:34 breathing exercises and body control, exposure to fear and then overcoming them

01:39 can alleviate mental pain, experts say.

01:42 Give back the smile.

01:44 "We know that being in and underwater has significant emotional effects,"

01:48 said Yotam Dagan, a psychologist who helped the Diving Federation in this initiative.

01:53 "The feeling of weightlessness, the slowing down of breathing and heart rate

01:58 significantly reduces stress, not only during diving but also in the minutes and hours that follow,

02:04 sometimes even long after," adds Mr. Dagan.

02:07 Ofer Mor, who led the Federation's project to teach diving to families evacuated to the SNUBA center,

02:13 said that the training was "calm and slow" and focused on each person's individual needs.

02:18 "One of the first feedbacks I received was 'You gave me the smile again'," she said.

02:24 During the last two months, at Wolfe, a volunteer instructor in Apnea,

02:29 showed the evacuees the right diving techniques and how to know peace and tranquility underwater.

02:34 "It was so moving to see them progress, feel better and prepare to face a new reality," said Mr. Wolfe.

02:41 Benny and Yami Havital, parents of three children, both went diving in Ella.

02:47 Benny's brother was killed defending a village near Niros when they escaped death,

02:53 barricaded in their personal shelter.

02:55 The couple lost neighbors and friends, murdered or still held hostage in Gaza.

03:00 "Eating fresh air."

03:02 For Yami Havital, this feeling at 23 meters deep, when the lungs collapse,

03:07 the diaphragm hurts, the throat stiffens and the toes tighten to bring back the feeling I had on October 7, she said.

03:14 "Feeling all that and going back to the surface, taking a breath of fresh air, it's therapeutic and it heals," she explained.

03:22 The 40-year-old couple will soon have to leave Ella to be temporarily housed in the city of Kiryagat,

03:27 in southern Israel, far from the Red Sea.

03:30 "We have a long way to go, we know that, but we were lucky to be welcomed in this hotel on the edge of Mezr.

03:36 in this hotel on the seaside, concludes Benia Vital.

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