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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: Tiferet Lapidot, 22, an Israeli charity volunteer, is considered the sixth Canadian killed by Hamas
Description: Tiferet Lapidot had been teaching English to children in Africa before she returned to Israel this fall to be with her family for the High Holidays. She was planning to go to Australia after holidays ended, around the time she was going to turn 23. But, first, she decided to go to the Supernova music festival near the border with Gaza.
That's where she found herself frantically running for her life on Oct. 7, trying to escape from Hamas terrorists, who committed a murderous massacre at the now-notorious festival. Lapidot managed to make one last phone call home to...