Another four children had one parent murdered and another go missing or taken hostage,while a further 100 Israeli children aged between 10 months and 16 years had one parent murdered and the other survive.
Sisters aged three and seven watched from the back seat of a car as their parents were killed in the front seats attempting to flee the scene of a siege,Abramovich said.
The girls were taken to a synagogue and taken care of by people unknown to them before their aunt and uncle were contacted and were able to collect them.
In another case,a six-year-old boy watched his parents be shot and killed and was himself wounded by a bullet but survived.
Abramovich,a top legal official at Israel’s Social Affairs Ministry responsible for the care of the orphaned children,said her agency’s top priority was to fast-track foster arrangements and ensure the children were in the safe hands of relatives.
“We’re embracing the children,” she said. “We know the social services are working day and night to help all the families.