Thousands at funerals of Tel Aviv terror victims

Thousands of people attend the funerals of Alon Bakal and Shimon Ruimi.

Bakal is being interred at the cemetery in Karmiel, in northern Israel, while Ruimi’s funeral takes place in Ofakim in the south, not far from the Gaza border.

“We are here, broken to pieces, and you are up there with your wide soul. Aloni, Aloni, we will always love you,” Bakal’s father, David, eulogizes.

“How can one write a goodbye letter to a boy still not 27? What words can dad have for you? What a great mind you had! You told me: ‘We’ll reach a goal, then look for a new goal.’ What giving you had in you, you collected foodstuffs for Holocaust survivors and yet wanted [to contribute] more. Everybody knew you’ll make it far. In your first class in college the lecturer said – we have a go-getter here. You loved people, loved your country. You were like a king,” David says.

His mother, Nitza, says: “We had a child. He is no more. Alon, beloved boy, my prince. I always carry with me a heavy burden, but this pain I will never be able to bear.”