Funeral held for man killed in Gush Etzion terror attack
Thousands turned out for the funeral of Yaakov Don, one of five people killed in two terror attacks on Thursday.
Thousands of people turned up to the cemetery in Kfar Etzion on Friday morning for the funeral of Yaakov Don, an educator from Alon Shvut who was murdered in Thursday's shooting attack in Gush Etzion.
Speaker of the Knesset Yuli Edelstein criticized Israel's management of the current security situation, saying: "We know we are tackling terror. We will continue, in spite of the difficulties, to do so with the understanding that the reality needs to change."
In his eulogy for Don, Edelstein continued: "With a broken heart we have come here today to part from you. You were above all a human being, beautiful in the eyes of God and man."
Don was killed on Thursday when a Palestinian attacker drove his car onto the hard-shoulder on the congested road leading from Alon Shvut to Gush Etzion junction and opened fire at several vehicles. Two others were murdered in the attack: 18-year-old American volunteer Ezra Schwartz and Shadi Arafa, 40, a Palestinian resident of Hebron.
The Gush Etzion attack came just hours after another terror attack in south Tel Aviv, when a Palestinian stabbed three Israelis, killing two of them.
Don's son Aviad also spoke at the funeral, saying: "Dad, I love you and will always love you. I need you, I need a father who listens. A happy father, that I can be proud of. I want to sit next to you one more time and hear your thoughts."
His other son, Or, said: "The world can darken in a moment and I'm now left in the dark. My father did not know how special he was. I can feel your love flowing through my veins."
The Palestinian who carried out the terror attack in Gush Etzion is Mohammed Abd el-Bast Haroub, a 24-year-old resident of Kafr Dir Samet, next to Hebron.
