People attend the funeral of Elan Ganeles, who was killed in a terror shooting attack in the West Bank, in Ra'anana, on March 1, 2023.(Flash90)
Israeli-American Elan Ganeles, killed in a terror attack near the Dead Sea on Monday, is laid to rest in a Ra’anana cemetery.
Ganeles’s family, who live in West Hartford, Connecticut, flew to Israel for the funeral. More than 1,000 people, many of them strangers, attend the funeral.
Eulogizing her son, Ganeles’s mother, Caroline, says “he was the brightest boy in the world… he had never-ending inquisitiveness.”
“While in Israel he fell in love with the land and the people. This is where he wanted to be,” Elan’s father Andrew says.
The parents of Elan Ganeles, killed in a terror attack near the dead sea, eulogize their son at his funeral in Ra’anana, March 1, 2023. (Screenshot/YouTube; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
“He would serve in the IDF, but not as a volunteer for 18 months, but as a citizen. He was going to make aliyah…” Tears prevent him from finishing his sentence.
“We feel as if a part of our being has been taken from us. He was so loved, and he will be missed so much,” his parents conclude.
Mourners place flowers on the grave of Israeli-American Elan Ganeles after his funeral in Ra’anana, March 1, 2023. (Screenshot/YouTube; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
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