Tech Guru Creates Database Of Israelis Missing In Hamas Attack

An Israeli tech entrepreneur has created a database of the names of the people missing since Hamas terrorists attacked southern Israel on Saturday morning, killing at least 900 people and abducting dozens more into the Gaza Strip.

Former combat soldier Yuval Keshtcher and other tech experts began discussing ways to help shortly after the attacks began, CTech reported.

“There was so much chaos due to the surprising nature of events,” he said, according to the report.

“We understood that there were lots of missing people, especially from the rave, and lots of Whatsapp groups for missing people. The first thing that I wanted to do was try to organize the chaos.”

Within hours, Keshtcher had created the Swords of Steel platform, named after Israel’s military operation launched in the wake of the deadly attacks.

The database lets people search the names of those missing since the start of the attacks and even add names to the list. It went live Saturday night and by Sunday morning had already briefly crashed.

As of Monday afternoon, they had had around 3,000 enquiries, although there are multiple requests for information about one person.

Keshtcher said the creators are working with Zaka, Israel’s voluntary search and rescue organization, to keep the database updated, and have shared the platform with the Israel Defense Forces.

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