Tel Aviv: 

When Hamas operatives toting grenades appeared in her living room, the 65-year-old Israeli woman Rachel Edri served them coffee and Moroccan cookies to trick them until police came in and killed them. Rachel Edri was rescued with the help of her police officer son- who found his mother being held hostage by an armed terrorist for 20 hours at their home, reported The New York Post. 

And now Rachel's tale of quick-witted survival during the Israel-Hamas war has turned her into an unlikely folk hero in Israel. She was one of several Israelis invited to meet with US President Joe Biden during his visit to Israel.