Memorial plaque unveiled in Jerusalem for terror victim Eli Kay

Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion joins the Kay family and hundreds of friends to unveil a memorial plaque for Eli Kay, a 26-year-old South African immigrant shot dead by a Hamas terrorist one year ago today on the Hebrew calendar.

Standing on Shalshelet Street near the Western Wall plaza in Jerusalem’s Old City, Lion pledges that “terrorism will not win.”

Kay’s father, Avi, speaks in English about the diverse range of Israelis — religious, secular, Jewish and Arab — who have introduced themselves to him since the November 21, 2021, terrorist attack to tell him about their memories of his son.

Avi Kay has since taken up Eli’s position as a guide at the Western Wall.

The crowd — which included paratroopers from Kay’s 202nd Battalion and family members from South Africa — sings in the packed alley as they wait for Lion to arrive.