90-year-old Nir Oz resident believes Lionel Messi saved her from Hamas kidnapping

Esther Kunio, a 90-year-old resident of Kibbutz Nir Oz, was photographed in her home alongside an armed terrorist on October 7.

Kunio credits her survival from a potential kidnapping to the terrorists' conversation about football and Lionel Messi.

In the documentary "Latino Stories of Survival," filmed in Argentina about the events of October 7, Kunio recounts how she engaged the terrorist in conversation by asking if he watched football and knew about Messi because she was his fellow countrywoman.

An excerpt from the documentary was published by Ynet.

Kunio also shares the harrowing experience of having two of her grandchildren kidnapped by terrorists and expresses her hope and prayers for their safe return.