Tributes have flooded in for a British-Israeli man who died whilst trying to help evacuate wounded civilians during the kibbutz massacre last week.
Benjamin Trakeniski, known as Benji by friends, is understood to have been killed by armed Hamas terrorists after attempting to save innocent lives at kibbutz Be’eri, one of the hardest hit communities from the attack.
The 32-year-old was living in Tel Aviv and engaged to Israeli tattoo-artist Rotem, with the couple due to be wed in April next year.
Instead, the hero was laid to rest in Israel on Thursday, with his future wife-to-be reading out her wedding vows at his funeral.
A friend of Benji’s in Israel who attended the funeral said: ‘Benji was the most positive, pure and kind-hearted person. He was all about helping others and in this heroic way he also died by saving many lives at Be’eri.
‘Benji and his fiancée Rotem were supposed to get married in April. At the funeral, she read the vow she was supposed to read at the wedding, as a eulogy.’
Tributes have flooded in for British-Israeli Benjamin Trakeniski who died whilst trying to help evacuate wounded civilians during the kibbutz massacre last week
Benjamin, 32, known as Benji by friends, is understood to have been killed by armed Hamas terrorists after attempting to save innocent lives at kibbutz Be’eri, one of the hardest hit communities from the attack
The 32-year-old was living in Tel Aviv and engaged to Israeli tattoo-artist Rotem, with the couple due to be wed in April next year
They added: ‘People were sobbing. Hearing a father say Kaddish for his child is the worst and most heart-breaking thing in the world. Rotem’s speech was so touching. She read it in tears and we were all crying with her’, the Jewish News reported.
It is understood that Israel’s former National Security Minister Avigdor Kahalani, who served in the armed Brigade 7 Unit, the same unit as Benji, also spoke at the funeral – hailing his ‘values’.
Meanwhile, a former lecturer of Benji’s at Reichman University, Tommy Steiner, posted to social media, saying: ‘Just heard a former student, Major Benji Trakeniski was killed by Hamas while defending civilians.
‘Never met in person, he took my seminar during COVID, but we had lengthy phone and zoom sessions.
‘Will remember his smile, curiosity and humor. May his memory be a blessing. RIP, Benji.’
Messages of support have reportedly also been sent to his mother, Liz, who is a former student of London’s JFS, the largest Jewish school in Europe.
Chilling video emerged of the moment Hamas terrorists ran towards homes in the Be’eri kibbutz and unleashed a hail of bullets on the terrified families living there.
Moving quickly, the black-clad gunmen, wielding assault rifles and hand grenades, went door to door of the small kibbutz looking for Israeli families to slaughter indiscriminately.
What had been a quiet morning, where many of the 1,000 families living in this kibbutz would have been sleeping or enjoying breakfast, turned into one of nightmares.
The gunmen can be heard shouting orders at each other in the video as they run from house to house, the sickening sound of gunshots filling the morning air.
Four gunmen can be seen approaching one family home before shooting into the windows. One of the terrorists can be seen kicking down the door as a round of five gunshots can be heard in the background in quick succession.
Chilling video has emerged of the moment Hamas terrorists ran towards homes in the Be’eri kibbutz and unleashed a hail of bullets on the terrified families living there
Israeli soldiers carry the body of a Hamas terrorist in Kibbutz Be’eri on Wednesday
A house is completely destroyed after being burned by Hamas terrorists during the attack at Kibbutz Be’eri
Israeli rescuers shared a shocking image of a blood-soaked nursery in Be’eri
The death toll has topped 1,000 in Israel as the country plots a bloody revenge on the people of Gaza
The video cuts out before the terrorists manage to break down the door, but it was at this kibbutz they ruthlessly shot dead screaming families as they begged for their lives. Israeli soldiers would later find the bodies of 108 Israeli civilians lying riddled with bullet holes in their homes.
Israeli Major General Itai Veruv told how the Hamas terrorists had thrown a hand grenade where 15 girls and teenagers were desperately trying to hide from them. All were found dead in that single room.
Be’eri, a settlement of a little more than 1,000 people, is one of more than 20 towns and villages ambushed early Saturday by Hamas terrorists.
Before the attack, Be’eri — started by Zionist settlers two years before the country itself was founded — was known for its industriousness, including a large printing plant that turns out Israeli driver’s licenses.
Now it has become a horrific symbol of the war with Hamas, which authorities say has so far left about 1,200 dead in Israel and about 1,100 in Gaza.
Source: | This article originally belongs to Dailymail.co.uk
Content source – www.soundhealthandlastingwealth.com