“You were supposed to bury me, not the other way around”: Bereaved father brings entire nation of Israel to tears as he lays his only child to rest
Israel Today
May 13, 2020
There is nothing more tragic than for a parent to have to bury his or her child. On Tuesday evening, Baruch Ben Yigal brought the nation of Israel to tears as he laid to rest his only child, killed a day earlier by Palestinian terrorists.
Stones kill
Late Monday night, Sergeant Major Amit Ben Yigal was part of an IDF team sent to arrest four terror suspects in the northern Samaria town of Yabad. As the Israelis were heading out of town after completing their mission, someone hurled a large stone from the top of a building, hitting Ben Yigal directly on the head.
Palestinian stone throwers are often presented by the mainstream media as quasi-peaceful protestors, or kids just blowing off steam amid the immense pressure of living under “occupation.”
But this is not the first time Palestinian stones have taken Israeli lives.
An only child
With the ongoing coronavirus crisis keeping most people confined to their houses, Israel had almost forgotten what it was like suffer terror casualties.
Ben Yigal’s tragic death ripped everyone out of their slumber.
For Baruch Ben Yigal, the pain was unbearable, and he wondered if he would ever truly wake again.
“You were supposed to bury me, not the other way around. Father in heaven, give me a reason to wake up tomorrow morning,” he wailed at his son’s funeral.
Given that Ben Yigal was an only child (at least of his father; his parents had divorced and his mother had several daughters from her second marriage), he required special permission to serve in an IDF combat unit.
“I signed the permit with this hand,” cried Baruch. “You told me, ‘Dad, don’t deny me this.’ So I signed it and you rejoiced as if you’ve just won the lottery.”
It is for this very reason that the Israeli army is very reluctant to send someone’s only child into combat. But a great many like Amit Ben Yigal accept the risk and insist on standing on the frontlines for Israel’s sake.
EDITOR'S NOTE: In 2012, Border Patrol Agent Lonnie Swartz shot dead 16-year-old Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez who was throwing rocks at him from the Mexican side of the border. Rodriguez was acting as a diversion to help drug smugglers as they returned to Mexico after leaving backpacks of marijuana in the U.S. Swartz was charged with and tried for murder. Fortunately, he was acquitted by a jury.
The US has still not learned what the Israelis have long known: Rocks are a deadly weapon because stones kill.
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IDF razes home of Palestinian terrorist who murdered Israeli teen
Israel Hayom
May 13, 2020
The Israeli military on Monday demolished the home of a Palestinian accused of being behind a deadly blast in the West Bank last year.
Qassem Barghouti, 22, killed 17-year-old Rina Shnerb and wounded her father and brother as they were hiking down to a spring in the Samaria settlement of Dolev in August.
As IDF troops were carrying out the demolition in the village of Kobar, near Ramallah, dozens of Palestinians burned tires and hurled rocks and firebombs at the Israeli troops. The IDF said it used crowd control measures to disperse the crowd. Witnesses said several Palestinians were injured, including one that the Red Crescent said was hit in the head with a gas canister.
The demolition was only carried out after Israel's High Court of Justice rejected the family's petitions against the order.
"Tonight, we settled a score with the despicable terrorist who took part in the murder of our dear Rina Shnerb. Destroying homes is an important tool in deterrence against terrorists," said Defense Minister Naftali Bennett.
"He who hurts us, we will harm him back. Jewish blood will not be spilled in vain."
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