The spokesman for the Palestinian Hamas Government in the Gaza Strip, Salama Maruf, asked Egypt this Saturday to “make maximum efforts” to reopen the Rafah border crossing, the only one not controlled by Israel, to be able to evacuate injured people. and bring supplies to the enclave.
“In light of the bombings, which reached the Rafah crossing at the beginning of hostilities and led to its total closure, we reiterate the urgent humanitarian need to reopen it in both directions on a regular basis to facilitate the entry of goods and fuel, transfer the wounded and cover the needs of the Strip,” says a statement signed by Maruf on his institution’s website.
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Dead cyclist
Ronen Tal’s cell phone vibrated. It was 6:58 in the morning on October 7 and the 27-year-old cyclist was driving his car trying to flee to a safe shore from missiles, terrorists and horror.
“Ronen,” a voice moaned from the other end. “I am seriously injured… tell my wife and children that I love them.”
It was Tomer Shpirer. A few minutes earlier, not far away, a group of cyclists were together who had gathered for training and found themselves hiding from a missile bombardment. Someone managed to capture the heartbreaking scene. Ronen and his teammate David Tal are seen lying face down on the left. Tomer, wearing his beloved Israel – Premier Tech ‘Racing For Change’ t-shirt, found shelter near his car. Shortly after, they got into their cars and sped away. However, Ronen’s mind refused to believe that something terrible had happened to Tomer, the superman of the group, the one who stormed every peak, the one who always led them up the hill. “You’re not serious,” he replied.
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Israel Premier Tech Press
But now only breathing could be heard. She heard a door open and then silence.
He pressed the accelerator and ran towards his friend, estimating that he was right ahead.
“I refused to believe. Even at that moment I thought maybe she was joking. Or if he was indeed injured, I would reach out to him and help him,” she recalls. But within seconds he realized that he was plummeting straight to hell. Dozens of terrorists were waiting at the Mefalsim crossing to massacre everyone. Car after car. He quickly turned his car around as bullets whizzed by. One of them pierced his leg.
Two agonizing days passed and the horrors of that day would gradually unfold. The death toll soon exceeded a thousand, but no one knew what had happened to Tomer Shpirer. This was the fate of many families in Israel who lived (and continue to live) in uncertainty, not knowing whether their loved ones were killed or kidnapped in Gaza. Until someone discovered Tomer’s silver car in the field. His father Yoram was the first to arrive. Inside the empty car were only Tomer’s riding glasses. A police officer approached the father and told him how he saw the body of the young driver, a young man wearing the same bright, recognizable t-shirt from his son’s beloved cycling team, taken out of the car. “That was the moment I knew for sure that my son had been killed,” says Yoram Shpirer.
“Only then was I able to call his wife and two children and tell them that Tomer was no longer with us,” he said.
Tomer Shpirer’s funeral took place yesterday afternoon. According to Jewish custom, the deceased are buried as soon as possible, but in these hard and terrible days that plague the nation, this “privilege” is reserved only for the “fortunate”, an almost grotesque term for the families who have lost it. all. All of his companions came. Those who remained alive. Four members of the group, who for years pursued all challenging and unknown paths, are no longer here. In addition to Tomer, Jaim Benaim, Hillel Zalmanovitz and Evgeny Galsky were also murdered that Black Saturday. Ronen Aviv also came, limping on crutches. It had only been a day or two since his release from the hospital. The bullet is still lodged somewhere in his right leg. He is convinced that well-developed muscles from countless hours of cycling saved his leg from serious damage.
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