Gabay was born in Jerusalem , Israel to a family of Sephardi descent . Following the Spanish expulsion the family was expelled from Kingdom of Castile and resettled in Gaza . After the 1799 retreat of the Napoleonic troupes , Gaza Jews were condemned for breach of the limitations of their tolerated inferior status as dhimmi by associating with the French . According to Islamic jurisprudence , jihad led to a massacre of the Gaza Jews . The surviving members of the Castel family fled and resettled in Hebron . In the 1929 Hebron massacre the family was saved by a Muslim friend
1929 Hebron massacre
1929 Hebron massacre
Meir Shmuel Gabay