'It could have been us' - The Israeli pros who narrowly escaped the Hamas attack

Omer Shapira and Guy Sagiv trained on a road overtaken by Hamas the day before

Omer Shapira in an Israel cycling jersey
Omer Shapira at the 2022 Ceratizit Challenge by La Vuelta
(Image credit: Getty Images)

On Friday October 6, Omer Shapira, the six-time Israeli national champion, and her husband Guy Sagiv, a three-time national champion, were training as they usually do, close to the border between Israel and Gaza.

Shapira's family lives around seven kilometres from the border, in a collection of tight-knit villages, the road is part of the 29-year-old's usual training route when she's back home.

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