Ester Cuño, a 90-year-old Argentine woman who lived with her family in a kibbutz, escaped being kidnapped by a member of the Hamas terrorist group in Israel by mentioning Leo Messi and her admiration for the captain of the Argentine team.
"Voices of October 7", a documentary by the Spanish-speaking Israeli media Latin Font tells the singular episode that Ester Cuño experienced that fateful day, when two armed men entered the nonagenarian's house.
Upon entering her home, where the woman lived alone, the assailants demanded to know the whereabouts of her immediate family members, but the woman maintained her composure and turned the conversation toward football.
The woman said that her Hebrew was not very good because she was Argentine, like Leo Messi, and that her language was Spanish.
According to the old woman's story, the subject immediately told her that he was a great fan of the Argentine star and did not hesitate to take a photo with the old woman, whom he made pose with a machine gun in her lap, in a photo that went viral. .
In that unique way the old woman saved her life, because that day the armed wing of Hamas killed, kidnapped or injured approximately a quarter of the inhabitants of that community.
The documentary gives voice to the protagonists of the horrors, inviting viewers to immerse themselves in their tragic experiences, but also in what it means to be Latin American emigrants in Israel, in their resilience and their triumphs in the midst of the catastrophe.
“This documentary is unique in that it highlights the Spanish-speaking community in Israel and conveys their stories of horror and heroism in the face of Hamas' attack on millions of Hispanics around the world,” said Leah Soibel, executive director and founder of Fuente Latina.
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