Beersheba stabbing victim’s family asks that video showing her death be taken down

The family of one of the victims in the fatal terror attack in Beersheba earlier this week asked on Thursday that a video showing her death be taken down after it had circulated online.

Four people were killed and two others injured by a knifeman on Tuesday in a rampage that started at a gas station and ended at a shopping center. The terrorist — 34-year-old Mohammad Ghaleb Abu al-Qi’an, from the Bedouin town of Hura in the Negev — was eventually confronted and shot dead by two armed civilians.

The fatalities were later named as Doris Yahbas, 49, a mother of three; Laura Yitzhak, 43, another mother of three; Rabbi Moshe Kravitzky, a father of four; and Menahem Yehezkel, 67.

Following the attack, a graphic video was shared online, mainly through WhatsApp, showing Yitzhak fighting off the attacker, before being stabbed and falling to the ground.

“Dear people of Israel, the news we received and the disaster that has befallen us are worse than you can understand, they simply shattered us,” her husband Tal wrote in a Facebook post.

“I have a small request for you. Me and my three daughters do not want to see the video in which she fought like a lioness against that damn terrorist. I will ask everyone to do their small part and delete it. I’m moved by and appreciate the support of all the people of Israel. Please help me rebuild from these ruins. Thank you.”

Yitzhak was laid to rest in Beersheba on Wednesday, with hundreds attending her funeral.

“I fell in love with you at first sight when we served together in the army,” Tal said at the funeral. The attacker, he said, “decided to kill in cold blood for no reason, because she was Jewish.”

“What will I do now?” Tal said. “You are the one who takes care of me, the girls, our home.”

One of Yitzhak’s three daughters, Efrat, eulogized her, saying: “Mom, I can’t take it in that you’re not here. I thank you for how you taught me. I will not forget you, I promise to look after the children. You are a hero.”

Another of her daughters, Noa, added: “I am writing you a letter with tears. I will not forget this day that you passed on. Never forget me.”