HAMAS Rose Lubin: American Israeli Hero

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Rose Lubin: American Israeli Hero
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ROSE LUBIN: AMERICAN ISRAELI HERO
ADINA HERSHBERG
May her fierce courage, commitment and strength to her family, her faith and to her people inspire us all.
As Hamas terrorists were conducting their massacre in Jewish communities near the Gaza border on October 7, Rose Lubin, a 20-year-old lone soldier and Border Policewoman, received permission from the Rapid Response Team of Kibbutz Sa’ad where she lived to help protect the community. She changed into her uniform, grabbed her weapon and helped defend her community from the attack.

Rose then rushed to assist other communities, removing the injured to safety and fighting the terrorist onslaught.
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“We were in contact with her that entire day on Saturday and heard about the horrors she had witnessed, but that did not break her spirit,” her commander said. “We offered to allow her time off to recuperate, but she insisted on resuming her duties and said she was more motivated to protect civilians.”
Rose grew up in Dunwoody, Georgia, a small suburb of Atlanta. She moved to Israel by herself in 2021 after finishing high school in order to join the Israel Defense Forces. After arriving in Israel and learning Hebrew, she enlisted in the IDF. As is the practice in the kibbutz movement, she was given an “adopted” family in Kibbutz Sa’ad, a religious kibbutz in the south.

Lone soldier Rose Lubin was stationed in Jerusalem’s Old City in the Damascus Gate area, a real hot spot. It is the main entry used by many Arabs and one of the most highly guarded streets in the city due to tension between Moslems and Jews in the area.

In May of this year she spoke at a Friends of the IDF evening in Atlanta. Rose described the dangerous demands of her border police service. She mentioned her unit’s charge to defend Jerusalem. She said that she derived personal meaning from her work of protecting Jews praying at the Western Wall.

“There are generations of my family who could have been here today if there was an Israel during the Holocaust. I feel an obligation to them to fulfill the opportunities they didn’t have. It’s our duty to watch over the Jews who are living the dream of walking to the kotel (Western Wall) on Shabbat,” she stated. “If you ever stroll through the Damascus Gate, toss me a high five and I will welcome you,” she said.

On Monday, November 6th, a 16-year-old Arab from the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya ran toward the border police officers stationed near Herod’s Gate with a knife in his hand. He stabbed Rose several times, injuring another police officer as well, before her fellow officers shot and killed him. Rose and the other injured officer were evacuated to Hadassah Hospital, and she was pronounced dead several hours later.

In a video recorded just days before her murder, Sgt. Lubin smiled and waved at the camera, sending love to her family in America and thanking them for their thoughts and prayers. “Shabbat shalom everyone,” she said. “I love everyone. Thank you for the support.”

VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_ThzlWdXko

Her great-uncle Rick Halpern said, “We knew she was in a dangerous place. Probably the most dangerous assignment in all of Israel. She wanted very much to be there. She was a tremendously dedicated and committed person, and she wanted to be in that location. She was very committed to making sure that things were safe for this generation.”
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