Israeli woman who cooked for her Hamas captors was rescued with help of police-officer son

An Israeli woman who cooked for her Hamas captors was rescued with the help of her police-officer son — who found his mom being held by the throat by an armed terrorist in her home.

The amazing details of the rescue surfaced Tuesday, after Rachel Edri and her husband David had been held captive inside their Ofakim resident, located 25 miles from Gaza, by Hamas militants for 20 hours.

The couple’s son, Evi, who is a police officer, would soon become part of the operation that freed the couple.

Evi walked into his parents’ home, armed with a pistol, to find his mother being restrained at the neck by a terrorist who held a grenade in his other hand, threatening to kill her, according to ABC News, who spoke to the family.

Rachel held up five fingers over her face to indicate to her son that there were five captors in the home.

The SWAT team eventually had Evi retreat as it took over the rescue. David reportedly jumped to cover his wife as the SWAT team stormed their storm to rescue them.

The couple’s home was left covered in blood and ransacked from the rescue mission.

While in captivity, Rachel made sure to keep her captors well-fed, telling ABC News: “I knew that if they are hungry, they are angry.”

During those hours, Rachel entertained her unwanted guests by cooking, offering cookies and coffee and asking for Arabic lessons.

“I told him I had to inject insulin, trying to distract them from the fact I have children who are police officers … I offered them drinks: Coke Zero, water,” she told Haaretz.

In a bid to buy more time, Rachel began talking and joking around with her captors.

“I said, ‘I’ll teach you Hebrew and you’ll teach me Arabic,’” she told the local outlet. “I understood that it was a matter of life and death.”

Around midnight, the couple was rescued.

Hamas terrorists launched the worst attack on Israel in 50 years Saturday, prompting a war that has already killed more than 1,100 in Israel and nearly that many Palestinians.

President Biden on Tuesday said 14 Americans are among the dead in Israel, while other US citizens are being held hostage. He did not say how many Americans are being held hostage, but other officials said at least 20 US citizens are missing.

Biden slammed Hamas’ “unadulterated” and “bloodthirsty” attacks,” saying they were worse than ISIS rampages.