WA: UNIV WASHINGTON GRADUATE DIES IN HAMAS ATTACK
<p><pi><b>This package/segment contains third party material. Unless otherwise noted, this material may only be used within this package/segment.</b></pi></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>Supers/Fonts: </b> Abe Katsman, Hayims Uncle</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>Story Location: </b> Seattle</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>State/Province: </b> Washington</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>Shot Date: </b> 10/10/2023</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>URL: </b> https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/uw-phd-graduate-among-americans-dead-hamas-attack/ZPRIPSVWHNFMXOEWX7XVWPT5Y4/</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>Notes and Restrictions: </b></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>Newsource Notes: </b></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>Story Description: </b></p>\n<p>Elements: Zoom interview with victim uncle, 3rd party vo from Israel (source unknown), sot with victim roommate/friend, locator vo from Univ of Washington, photos of victim and friend</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Wire/StoryDescription:</p>\n<p>Station Notes/Scripts:</p>\n<p>Abe Katsman, Hayims Uncle</p>\n<p></p>\n<p> Hayim Katsman, Ph.D., a former University of Washington (UW) graduate, was one of the Americans found dead after Hamas attacked Be’eri in Southern Israel on October 7.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Katsman, 32, was found dead in his apartment.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>On Monday KIRO 7 spoke with his uncle, Abe Katsman, who said his nephew was helping his neighbor and her children before being killed. </p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“He was helping a neighbor, a very frightened neighbor woman, who I believe was in charge of two other neighbor children, I think one was just four months old and one was about three years old,” said Abe Katsman.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Abe Katsman said his nephew was trying to hide the woman when terrorists entered the room.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“The alarms had gone off already, the rockets were flying overhead, and in Israel when that happens, people go into their reinforced rooms, safe rooms, that are supposed to be pretty protective if the rockets hit nearby, you know a direct hit is one thing but if they hit nearby it should be able to withstand the shock and the shrapnel,” he said. “These rooms are not necessarily designed to keep people out so when the terrorists were going house to house and room to room looking for people to kill, his neighbor had called him over, this woman had called him over, he went in and he tried, he was trying to hide her, and within the safe room they hid in a closet.”</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>But the attackers found them.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“The terrorists blew open the door and found them in the closet but apparently, he was, I think, lying on top of her, protecting her, they opened fire, he was killed, she survived and they decided they were taking her to Gaza,” said Abe Katsman.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>According to Abe Katsman, his nephew died selflessly protecting others.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“In a way, there’s a tiny bit of comfort here knowing that, that’s the way he went out which is very consistent with the way he, you know, lived. You talk about a selfless act, it doesn’t get much more than that,” he said.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>He added that the entire situation is terrifying.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“It’s all horrifying and the barbarity of the people acting on the other side, again this isn’t a military operation this is outright terror looking to kill and maim,” he said. “It’s awful no matter which story, it all ends the same way.”</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>The death toll on both sides soared to around 1,500, with 11 Americans among the dead, according to CBS News.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“Saturday was the bloodiest day in Jewish history since the Holocaust,” said Abe Katsman. “Burying a child is bad enough, under these circumstances, this is just, just awful.”</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Katsman’s mother, Hannah Katsman, said he received his Ph.D. from the UW’s Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies in 2021. Hayim’s mother told ABC News he was born in the U.S. and had been living on a kibbutz in Israel doing research. Katsman’s research focused on the “interrelations of religion and politics in the Middle East, focusing on Israel/Palestine,” according to UW’s website.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Hannah Katsman said she initially thought her son had been taken captive, according to ABC News, but she later learned he was killed when Hamas militants burst into his home and found him hiding with his neighbors in his closet. She learned one of the neighbors was released, while her son and a female neighbor were immediately shot and killed.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“I’ve been getting so many messages from people who worked with Hayim or who knew him, or who met him during their travels and how warm he was, how open,” Hannah Katsman told ABC News. “He was a very accepting person and a very loyal friend. He had a good sense of humor. He took things in stride.”</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Abe Katsman had similar things to say about his nephew.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“He was a good kid and a very decent human being and a very caring person,” said Abe Katsman. “One of the things that he did was he gained the respect of people on the opposite side.”</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Along with getting his doctorate, Abe Katsman said his nephew was also a “skilled auto mechanic, a more than adequate musician, and a horticulturist.”</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>In 2020, Katsman won the Baruch Kimmerling prize for best graduate paper, Association for Israel Studies, according to the UW.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>The attack was launched on the 50th anniversary of the 1973 Yom Kipper War that pitted Israel against Egypt and Syria. After the attack occurred in the early hours of the morning, where an estimated 2,200 rockets were fired toward southern and central Israel, Mohammed Deif, commander in chief of the Hamas’ military arm Al Qassam Brigades, released a video claiming responsibility for the attack.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“The Zionist colonial occupation occupied our Palestinian homeland and displaced our people, destroyed our towns and villages, committed hundreds of massacres against our people, killing children, women and elderly people and demolishing homes with their inhabitants inside in violation of all international norms, laws and human rights conventions,” Mohammed Deif said in a translation from the video.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) stated “fighter jets and helicopters, aircraft and artillery struck over 500 Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorist targets in the Gaza Strip” Sunday night and Monday morning in a retaliatory attack, according to CBS News.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Israel formally declared war on Sunday.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“We here have known what Hamas is for a long time and now the rest of the world gets to see it and I hope the rest of the world pays attention because this is just so unfair,” said Abe Katsman.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>According to Abe Katsman, his nephew died selflessly protecting others.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“In a way, there’s a tiny bit of comfort here knowing that, that’s the way he went out which is very consistent with the way he, you know, lived. You talk about a selfless act, it doesn’t get much more than that,” he said.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>He added that the entire situation is terrifying.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“It’s all horrifying and the barbarity of the people acting on the other side, again this isn’t a military operation this is outright terror looking to kill and maim,” he said. “It’s awful no matter which story, it all ends the same way.”</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>The death toll on both sides soared to around 1,500, with 11 Americans among the dead, according to CBS News.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“Saturday was the bloodiest day in Jewish history since the Holocaust,” said Abe Katsman. “Burying a child is bad enough, under these circumstances, this is just, just awful.”</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Katsman’s mother, Hannah Katsman, said he received his Ph.D. from the UW’s Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies in 2021. Hayim’s mother told ABC News he was born in the U.S. and had been living on a kibbutz in Israel doing research. Katsman’s research focused on the “interrelations of religion and politics in the Middle East, focusing on Israel/Palestine,” according to UW’s website.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Hannah Katsman said she initially thought her son had been taken captive, according to ABC News, but she later learned he was killed when Hamas militants burst into his home and found him hiding with his neighbors in his closet. She learned one of the neighbors was released, while her son and a female neighbor were immediately shot and killed.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“I’ve been getting so many messages from people who worked with Hayim or who knew him, or who met him during their travels and how warm he was, how open,” Hannah Katsman told ABC News. “He was a very accepting person and a very loyal friend. He had a good sense of humor. He took things in stride.”</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Abe Katsman had similar things to say about his nephew.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“He was a good kid and a very decent human being and a very caring person,” said Abe Katsman. “One of the things that he did was he gained the respect of people on the opposite side.”</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Along with getting his doctorate, Abe Katsman said his nephew was also a “skilled auto mechanic, a more than adequate musician, and a horticulturist.”</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>In 2020, Katsman won the Baruch Kimmerling prize for best graduate paper, Association for Israel Studies, according to the UW.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>The attack was launched on the 50th anniversary of the 1973 Yom Kipper War that pitted Israel against Egypt and Syria. After the attack occurred in the early hours of the morning, where an estimated 2,200 rockets were fired toward southern and central Israel, Mohammed Deif, commander in chief of the Hamas’ military arm Al Qassam Brigades, released a video claiming responsibility for the attack.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“The Zionist colonial occupation occupied our Palestinian homeland and displaced our people, destroyed our towns and villages, committed hundreds of massacres against our people, killing children, women and elderly people and demolishing homes with their inhabitants inside in violation of all international norms, laws and human rights conventions,” Mohammed Deif said in a translation from the video.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) stated “fighter jets and helicopters, aircraft and artillery struck over 500 Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorist targets in the Gaza Strip” Sunday night and Monday morning in a retaliatory attack, according to CBS News.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Israel formally declared war on Sunday.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“We here have known what Hamas is for a long time and now the rest of the world gets to see it and I hope the rest of the world pays attention because this is just so unfair,” said Abe Katsman.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>12;31 Burying a child is bad enough, under these circumstances this is just, just awful.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p> HAYIM KATSMAN GAVE HIS LIFE SO THAT SOMEONE ELSE COULD LIVE.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Abe Katsman, Hayims Uncle</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>8;08 The terrorists blew open the door found them in the closet but apparently he was, I think he was lying on top of her, protecting her, they opened fire, he was killed, she survived.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p> ABE KATSMAN IS HAYIMS UNCLE.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p> HE SAYS THE WOMAN SURVIVED THE ATTACK AND THATS HOW HE KNOWS HOW HIS NEPHEW DIED DURING THE TERRORIST ATTACK THAT KILLED HUNDREDS OF ISRAELIS ON SATURDAY.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Abe Katsman, Hayims Uncle</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>8;43 In a way theres a tiny bit of comfort here knowing that, thats the way he went out which is very consistent with the way he, you know, lived. You talk about a selfless act, it doesnt get much more than that.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>***STITCH***</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Francis Abugbilla, Friend/Former Roommate</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>8;56 We have really lost a great human being we have lost a hero.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p> THATS FRANCI ABUGBILLAHE AND HAYIM WERE CLOSE FRIENDS AND ROOMMATES.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Francis Abugbilla, Friend/Former Roommate</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>1;05 When I came from Ghana I didnt know how to drive, he taught me how to drive, he was my driving instructor, we cooked together, we hiked together, we joked together.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p> THEY ALSO GRADUATED TOGETHER FROM U-WS JACKSON SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Francis Abugbilla, Friend/Former Roommate</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>4;08 The Katsman family has lost a son, a grandson, they have lost a nephew, a cousin, I have lost a very dear friend and a brother.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>***STITCH***</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Abe Katsman, Hayims Uncle</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>11;36 Its such a waste, here you have this young productive, talented person, helpful great community member, idealistic you name it I mean theres a lot of good stuff going on there and just snuffed out for no, for what, really for what?</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p> HAYIM WAS LIVING IN ISRAEL WHEN HAMAS ATTACKED.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Abe Katsman, Hayims Uncle</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>14;24 We know, we here have known what Hamas is for a long time and now the rest of the world gets to see it and I hope the rest of the world pays attention because this is just so unfair.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p> KATSMAN SAYS HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES ARE MOURNING LIKE THEIRS. AT LEAST 900 ISRAELIS ARE DEAD AND THE NUMBER KEEPS CLIMBING.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Abe Katsman, Hayims Uncle</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>15;09 Saturday was the bloodiest day in Jewish history since the Holocaust.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>***STITCH***</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>16;31 Theres a high cost to having a state but weve learned from history theres a higher cost to not having one and today part of the cost is paid by our family.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--SUPERS</b>--</p>\n<p>Monday</p>\n<p>Seattle, WA</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Abe Katsman</p>\n<p>Hayim's Uncle</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--VIDEO SHOWS</b>--</p>\n<p>Katsman SOT</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--LEAD IN</b>--</p>\n<p>ONE OF THE 11 AMERICANS KILLED IN THE ISRAEL ATTACKS WAS A UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON GRADUATE</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--SOT</b>--</p>\n<p>Abe Katsman/ Hayim's Uncle: "Found him in the closet, but apparently I think he was lying on top of her, protecting her. They opened fire. He was killed. She survived."</p>\n<p>BUTTED SOT</p>\n<p>"We here have known what Hamas is for a long time. Now the rest of the world gets to see it."</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--TAG</b>--</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>-----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----</b></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--KEYWORD TAGS--</b></p>\n<p></p>