R’ Yonatan Chabakuk
The first person murdered by the terrorists was R’ Yonatan Chabakuk (44) who worked as a car mechanic at a garage in Elad. Yonatan was known to everyone as ‘Yonatan Achinu’ due to his friendly demeanor- he used to greet everyone with “Brother, how can I help you?”. Yonatan left a wife and five childen, one of whom was with him at the time of the attack and saw him fighting with the terrorists until he fell.
“Everyone in Elad knew Yonatan,” residents said. “He was one of the truly happy Breslav chasidim, greeting everyone with joy.” Yonatan would come to fix people’s cars wherever they had broken down.
Yonatan’s wife published a tearful post on her Facebook page: “My heart refuse to believe that I have been left alone with 5 orphans. My heart is burning with rage after my young child saw his father in his last minutes. My husband fought with great courage and saved many lives when he fought with them for many minutes. May G-d avenge your blood, my dear, beloved husband. We will miss you very much!
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At least three people were killed and four others injured in a terrorist attack in the Israeli city of Elad near Petah Tikva towards the end of Independence Day.
All three victims were men in their 40s. The victims were named as Yonatan Habakkuk, a father of five, Boaz Gol, a father of five, and Oren Ben Yiftach, a father of six from Lod.
Two of the victims aged 60 and 35 were seriously wounded and transported to Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer and Rabin Medical Center-Beilinson Campus sedated and intubated. Another 40-year-old male was moderately wounded and transported to Beilinson, and a 23-year-old male who fought with the terrorists was conveyed in mild condition to the hospital.
MDA paramedic Alon Rizkan, who arrived at the scene and treated the victims called it “a very difficult call.”
“Unfortunately, this incident will be deeply etched in my heart,” said MDA volunteer Moti Tsinvert. “In all my years as an emergency medicine paramedic, I have not encountered such a severe scene of multiple casualties with significant penetrating injuries, residents who went out just to breathe fresh air in the park, and their lives were ended so harshly.”
“This is a massacre and bloodbath that is reminiscent of dark days in the history of Israel. I hope that I and the rest of the emergency services that dealt with the horrific event will be able to return to routine after the difficult images we saw,” added Tsinvert.
אלפי בני אדם השתתפו היום (שישי) בהלוויותיהם של הנרצחים בפיגוע באלעד. הלווייתו של יונתן חבקוק יצאה מעירו אלעד לכיוון בית העלמין ירקונים בפתח תקווה, שם נטמן. במקביל התקיימה הלווייתו של בועז גול שיצאה גם היא מאלעד, והוא ייטמן בירושלים. הלווייתו של אורן בן יפתח התקיימה בלוד, עיר מגוריו.
הרב אברהם נחשון ספד לחבקוק וגול. “עזבו אותנו שני יהודים צדיקים, בועז ויונתן. הם נרצחו לא בגלל שהם גרים באלעד, לא חרדים. נרצחו כי הם יהודים. המחבלים לא הכירו אותם. רצו לפגוע ביהודים. כל אחד הוא אח שלנו, לא משנה אם הוא בתל אביב או בבאר שבע”.
