Kiryat Arba, Israel – Hundreds Bid Tearful Goodbye To Israeli Teen Murdered Asleep In Her Home

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    The mother of Israeli girl, Hallel Yaffa Ariel, 13, who was killed in a Palestinian stabbing attack in her home in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Kiryat Arba, mourns during her funeral at a cemetery in the West Bank city of Hebron June 30, 2016. REUTERS/Ronen ZvulunKiryat Arba, Israel – Crying, Rena Ariel caressed the blue shroud covered body of her daughter Hallel Yaffa, 13, before uttering her final parting words, to the girl who had been a brilliant student and who loved to dance.

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    “I am giving you one last hug,” Rena said on Thursday evening as she eulogized Hallel in front of the hundreds of mourners who filled the small public grass lawn, just a short walk away from their home in the West Bank Kiryat Arba settlement.

    Just the night before, Hallel had performed in Jerusalem with Harikod dance troop. In the morning she slept late. She was alone in the house when a Palestinian teen, Mohammad Tarairah, 17, snuck in her bedroom through an open window and stabbed her to death.

    At the funeral, Rena called out to Tarairah’s mother.

    “I am standing here with a heart filled with pain and I am turning to you, the Arab mother, the Muslim who sent your son out to stab,” Rena said as she raised her arm and pointed her finger in the air.

    “I raised my daughter with love, but you and the Arab Muslim educators, you taught him to hate. Go, put your house in order,” she as she shook with anger.
    Relatives and friends mourn during the funeral of Israeli girl, Hallel Yaffa Ariel, 13, who was killed in a Palestinian stabbing attack in her home in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Kiryat Arba, at a cemetery in the West Bank city of Hebron June 30, 2016. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
    It was one of the few moments in the brief eulogy in which she was not crying as she spoke.

    With her eyes to the sky, she called out to God and asked, “How do you eulogize a 13-and-a-half year old girl. Tell me what words to use to eulogize a flower, a pure soul, who is courageous and beautiful. Your only sin was that you were almost perfect,” Rena said.

    She recalled how she had struggled and finally succeeded in giving birth to Hallel.

    “You were a ray of light in my life. You were the one who turned me into a mother.” To God, she said, “you gave me a present and now I am returning it to you.”

    She was certain, Rena said, hat her daughter would go straight to heaven and would be close to God’s seat of honor.

    “Take her. She is the flesh of our flesh. Hug her, because I will never gain be able to touch her. Make room for her, so she can dance,” Rena said.

    But she noted that there had been so many terror victims, particularly from Kiryat Arba, that had similarly risen to be close to God, that was getting crowded.

    “There isn’t any more room there,” Rena said.

    Parents of Hallel Yaffa Ariel, and family members seen mourning during her funeral ceremony in the Jewish settlement of Kiryat Arba, in the West Bank, on June 30, 2016. Flash90
    Friends and family members seen mourning the funeral ceremony of Hallel Yaffa Ariel in the Jewish settlement of Kiryat Arba, in the West Bank, on June 30, 2016. Earlier in the day, a 17-year-old Palestinian terrorist broke into their home and stabbed and killed 13-year-old Hallel in her bedroom. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90
    Friends and family members seen mourning the funeral ceremony of Hallel Yaffa Ariel in the Jewish settlement of Kiryat Arba, in the West Bank, on June 30, 2016. Earlier in the day, a 17-year-old Palestinian terrorist broke into their home and stabbed and killed 13-year-old Hallel in her bedroom. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90


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    7 years ago

    simply heartbreaking hy”d

    Godol-Hador
    Godol-Hador
    7 years ago

    Another pure innocent korbon murdered by murderous animals in cold blood
    The bloodthirsty animals won’t stop shedding out innocent pure blood
    That’s their nature
    Whose fault is it??

    The Israeli Govt. For pure self politically correct interests are responsible for every terrorist act that occurs now almost daily. They can stop this and they dont
    If every murderers extended family were immediately taken to the Syrian border and dumped there with only what they have on there backs
    If there houses and all houses of their extended families were immediately demolished.
    If, for every murder, Israel would target a mid level chamas official. These sensless killings would stop
    The Israeli Govt, because of what European politicians and Presbyterian churches would say, don’t do what needs to be done
    The blood is on their hands

    thegreatone
    thegreatone
    7 years ago

    Anyone listening to the mothers cries and doesn’t cry along does not have a Jewish heart. Nebach,nebach.

    Please for the sake of Jewish lives we must raise our voices stronger against living among bloodthirsty Arabs.

    Pikuach Nefesh comes before every Mitzvah in the Torah.
    Supporting and encouraging Misnachlim is a sin.
    They are putting their lives in danger for nationalistic Zionist twisted ideology. Putting yourself in danger goes against everything the Torah stands for.

    kenyaninwhitehouse
    kenyaninwhitehouse
    7 years ago

    All of this could be avoided if the Zionists govt (now under the fake right winger BIBI) would care MORE for Jewish blood than what Obama or Bankimoon of Kofi Annan say. In the same vicinity where this Jewish CHILD was murdered a Jewish soldier killed an armed terrorists, that Jewish soldier is now in jail, so the Zionist govt demonstrated that they care more for Arab blood than Jewish blood.

    savtat
    savtat
    7 years ago

    Tears and a broken heart. H’YD

    bennyt
    bennyt
    7 years ago

    When the stupid government of Israel run by secular liberal politically correct morons can bow to Turkey like the fools they are and reward the families of the animals on board the flotilla who broke an internationally recognized naval blockade and tried to kill the Israeli commandos by giving them $21 million, what message does that send to terrorists? When the Israeli Knesset allows a piece of garbage member like Zoabi to call the these commandos “murderers” because Israel just admitted it was wrong by apologizing with this cash payout, how stupid does the Israeli government look? When a 13 year old girl is murdered in her own bed while asleep by a filthy Palestinian dog and all the Israeli government’s lame response is that they will not return the dog’s body to the family and seal off the dog’s town, how can any Israeli sleep peacefully at night? It’s just not to be believed that this is the Israel of today where they care more about world opinion that its own people.

    zippobel
    zippobel
    7 years ago

    As long as parts of Israel are called the West Bank by Jewish people,who should know better, things like this will happen
    Show your support by moving to Israel and keeping each piece of dirt in Jewish hands.

    7 years ago

    Please let’s not ever see a repeat of this tragic scene. All communities, must have heavily armed patrols in Israel, and gated windows. It’s nice to think that their kids can go play unsupervised, etc. but the human animals are waiting in wait to kill.

    thetruthis
    thetruthis
    7 years ago

    Of course shamayim is crowded with people from kiryat arbah. That’s because they choose to live among bloodthirsty and vicious Palestinian animals and incite them on a daily basis. All for the sake of a Greater Israel and jewish pride.There is no heter to do such a thing to ones own family. We have to put OUR house in order and be moicheh against such stupid behavior that is based on a false and misguided hashkafa. Don’t expect the arabs to put their house in order. And don’t expect to be protected by the government. Start looking inwards. Hashem yinkom damah b’karov mamash.

    zelig
    zelig
    7 years ago

    To number three:
    And what should the Jews in Netanya do? Go live in the sea/ This has nothing to do with where we live. Any place under the sun that we are to be found they will try to target us, v”HaKodosh Boruch Hu matzileinu miyodom.
    Every terror attack shows what a miracle we are living hourly. So many wild animals out there, and we go about our daily business almost worry free.
    Kosher mezuzos, tzedoko every day, a letter in a Sefer Torah, ahavas Yisroel and daily Torah study protect us!