Yuri and Svetlana Lisovoy, 63 & 61: Grandparents slain on fishing trip
Murdered by Hamas terrorists on Zikim Beach on October 7
Yuri Lisovoy, 63, and his wife Svetlana Lisovoy, 61, from Ashdod, were murdered by Hamas terrorists on Zikim Beach on October 7.
The couple were part of a group who set out early that morning for a fishing trip along the beach. They were considered missing for more than a week until their bodies were found and identified.
They are survived by their sons, Roman and Andrey, daughters-in-law Maya and Natalia and their four grandchildren, Daniel, Naomi, Dean and Ariel. They were buried on October 16 in Netanya.
Natives of Lysychansk, Ukraine, the couple moved to Israel more than 25 years ago in the late 90s with their two children, settling in Ashdod.
Svetlana’s niece, Anastasia Ester Reuven, wrote on Facebook that she would always remember her aunt as “beautiful and gentle with your perfect smile… I will miss you, we will all miss you and your loss will be felt forever.”
Their daughter-in-law, Maya Rozenman, said that the couple did almost everything together, “cooking, traveling, going to the sea, hosting friends and enjoying life. They loved to be together, with their friends, to host, to cook together, to travel in nature, to ride bikes together and to be with their grandchildren.”
Maya wrote on Instagram, “You were wonderful parents-in-law and grandparents. Always caring and giving everything to the family and to the kids.”
Just a week before they were slain, Maya added, “We spent time together with Dean and Ariel, we laughed and enjoyed and took photos. It’s hard to imagine that was the last time. Rest in peace. We will remember you forever and you will always be missed.”
Their son, Roman, announced the news of their deaths on Facebook following more than a week of searching.
“My brain refuses to believe, I’m trying to write words of farewell and I’m not succeeding, my fingers are shaking and the tears are flowing,” wrote Roman.
“They went to hang out and to fish on Zikim Beach and they never came home,” he added. “I can write so much about what wonderful parents and grandparents they were, but I still am not able to think about them in the past tense. We will always remember them as loving and happy.”
