At funeral of Bnei Brak man killed in terror attack, brother says he took the bullets to save his child

The brother of Bnei Brak resident Avishai Yehezkel, 29, who was killed in the terror attack, eulogizes him at the funeral.

According to reports, Yehezkel had taken the young child down to the street in his stroller in an attempt to get the boy to sleep, when he was shot dead on Tuesday evening during a deadly rampage by a Palestinian terrorist.

Ovadia Yehezkel says Avishai called to warn him that there was a gunman, and when he was confronted by the terrorist, used his body to shield his son, saving the child who was then left alone in the street after his father was killed.

“Last night the world turned upside down. You called me and said ‘I hear shots, be careful, stay inside the house.’ And that’s it. I heard no more from you. You cared for us more than you cared for yourself,” says Ovadia, according to the Haaretz daily.

“You cared for your son, you did not give up, you took the bullets like an eagle. You said: ‘It would be better for him to hurt me than the child,'” Ovadia says, citing the Biblical allegory of the bird that protects its young.