'My mom died on top of me,' Rotem Mathias, 16, told ABC News.
ABC News’ James Longman spoke to Rotem Mathias, right, who survived the attack by Hamas in Israel, along with his sister. Their parents, Shlomi and Deborah, were killed in the attack and the siblings are now being cared for by their grandfather, Ilan.into Rotem Mathias' kibbutz in southern Israel last Saturday, the 16-year-old helped his parents barricade the doors of their home with anything they could find -- mattresses and tables. But it wasn't enough.
"The terrorists shot open the door," Mathias, a dual Israeli-American citizen, recalled during an interview with ABC News that aired Wednesday on "Good Morning America." Back in Mathias's kibbutz, the teen laid still as he hid under a bloodied cloth for hours on Saturday when Hamas militants stalked his home and later returned to hunt for any survivors. He managed to send a brief text message to extended family members, writing: "Parent's dead. Sorry."
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