The three casualties of yesterday's human bomb explosion outside Ariel were buried today. The three were killed while trying to overcome the terrorist. Sgt.-Maj. Amihud Hasid, 32, of Tapuach, was buried in Rosh Ha'Ayin. He is survived by his wife Orly and five children: Dvir (8), Daniel (7), Michal (6), Doron (5) and Tomer (2).
Lt. Matan Zigron, 22, was buried in his hometown of Itamar, in the Shomron. Survived by his parents and four siblings, he was an officer in command of the sniper platoon of the Nachshon Battalion operating in the territories. His father related that though he was a highly-motivated and talented officer, he paid a high price for living in the Shomron: "For a long time he was not promoted in rank, and only yesterday, after his death, did they quickly give him the promotion he sought... Matan was a hero. He jumped on the terrorist, and shot him - he was that type. Whatever had to be done, he did in the best way, even if it was dangerous. He had difficulties, due to the fact that he lived in Itamar..." The Military Police at one point raided his home, searching for equipment that he allegedly took during Operation Defensive Shield - but found nothing.
Maj. (res.) Tamir Massad of Ben-Shemen was a former company commander in the Golani reconnaissance unit, and took part in the Beaufort battle in the 1982 war in Lebanon, during which he took command of a mission after his commanders were hit. Survived by his parents, wife, and three children 14 and under, he was buried today in Kfar Masaryk, where he was born and raised. (Kibbutz Kfar Masaryk, between Haifa and Acre, was founded in the 1930's by Czech immigrants; they named it for Czech President Thomas Masaryk, who fought anti-Semitism among his fellow Christians and supported Zionism.)
Fourteen people are still hospitalized from yesterday's attack, including one in serious condition and four listed as "moderate." One of the latter is Menachem Gilboa, a manager of the Eshel HaShomron Hotel near the site of the attack. Hotel co-manager Tuvia Gelbard told Arutz-7 that Gilboa was "the first to identify the terrorist, and he also tried to stop him. He's listed in 'moderate-plus' condition, but this includes broken limbs, including at least one arm and one leg…" Gelbard said that many groups from abroad scheduled to arrive at the hotel in the coming weeks, "both Jewish and Christian, called to encourage us and tell us that they are planning to come, despite all."
Lt. Matan Zigron, 22, was buried in his hometown of Itamar, in the Shomron. Survived by his parents and four siblings, he was an officer in command of the sniper platoon of the Nachshon Battalion operating in the territories. His father related that though he was a highly-motivated and talented officer, he paid a high price for living in the Shomron: "For a long time he was not promoted in rank, and only yesterday, after his death, did they quickly give him the promotion he sought... Matan was a hero. He jumped on the terrorist, and shot him - he was that type. Whatever had to be done, he did in the best way, even if it was dangerous. He had difficulties, due to the fact that he lived in Itamar..." The Military Police at one point raided his home, searching for equipment that he allegedly took during Operation Defensive Shield - but found nothing.
Maj. (res.) Tamir Massad of Ben-Shemen was a former company commander in the Golani reconnaissance unit, and took part in the Beaufort battle in the 1982 war in Lebanon, during which he took command of a mission after his commanders were hit. Survived by his parents, wife, and three children 14 and under, he was buried today in Kfar Masaryk, where he was born and raised. (Kibbutz Kfar Masaryk, between Haifa and Acre, was founded in the 1930's by Czech immigrants; they named it for Czech President Thomas Masaryk, who fought anti-Semitism among his fellow Christians and supported Zionism.)
Fourteen people are still hospitalized from yesterday's attack, including one in serious condition and four listed as "moderate." One of the latter is Menachem Gilboa, a manager of the Eshel HaShomron Hotel near the site of the attack. Hotel co-manager Tuvia Gelbard told Arutz-7 that Gilboa was "the first to identify the terrorist, and he also tried to stop him. He's listed in 'moderate-plus' condition, but this includes broken limbs, including at least one arm and one leg…" Gelbard said that many groups from abroad scheduled to arrive at the hotel in the coming weeks, "both Jewish and Christian, called to encourage us and tell us that they are planning to come, despite all."