“They bombed the sea, not Gaza”: A father whose son was killed by Hamas calls

A dramatic appeal to the Israeli pilots who They bomb the gauze He addressed a father who lost his son in a Hamas attack.

“What is happening in Gaza is terrible. I officially ask our pilots to drop the bombs they are asked to drop on Gaza at sea, instead of dropping them on people,” pleads Yaakov Gondo, at a time when the Israeli army is constantly bombing the Palestinian Strip in response to the deaths of many Hamas members. October 7 attack.

Yacoub Gundo stands in front of the coffin of his son, who was killed by Hamas a week ago, in front of his family. The father wears a T-shirt bearing a familiar Arabic and Hebrew peace slogan.

“On my shirt it says: Let’s look us in the eye for takeover. I’m an activist for human rights, I’m fighting the occupation” (an Israeli note on the Palestinian territories), explains the 72-year-old retired veterinarian who is active in charitable work for Palestinian patients. “And I will not stop. I will complete. I will support the Palestinians,” he affirmed, as his son was buried in Kibbutz Nan, south of Tel Aviv.

A soldier reminds the audience of about 200 people of instructions in the event of bombing, a daily threat to all gatherings these days: “You have 90 seconds to disperse and lie on the ground.”

the siren Of alarm sounds. The crowd falls to the ground, hands on their heads, between the graves and the freshly dug earth. Two dry cracks were heard, and everyone realized that the missiles had been intercepted and breathed a sigh of relief.

They bury their comrade to the sounds of bombing

On the kibbutz, peace activists bury their comrade to the sound of Israeli bombing drowning out chants and prayers.

The Gundo family belongs to a minority: they are leftists, activists, pacifists and anti-Netanyahus. Although they are a minority, these activists have a strong presence in the kibbutzim near Gaza. Tom Gundo, 52 years old, engineer, lover of theater and Italy, decided this summer to settle in Kissufim, in Southern IsraelTo open a “new chapter” in his life that is consistent with his political beliefs. On October 7, hundreds of Hamas fighters infiltrated Israel, attacked civilians and killed about 1,000 people in the streets, in their homes, at a raucous party, and spread terror.

He was killed by Hamas bullets

Tom Gundo’s family’s nightmare lasted for 25 hours. All this time isHe was protecting With his body for her door From the shelter that separated him, his wife and their three daughters from the Hamas men who went to kill them. The door of the armored room was opened from the outside. He was able to close it for a whole day and night, despite the grenades and fire of Palestinian militants who occupied his house.

“At approximately 7.30am, two bullets penetrated the door shield and hit him in the body. He fell and died within seconds. His wife, in desperation, opened the shelter window and pulled the girls out, not knowing what was on the other side. “I jumped in and saved their lives,” Tom’s father said.

The two younger daughters, 4-year-old Chuv and 6-year-old Jevin, were shocked and did not attend the funeral. Eldest daughter Rumi, 11, was there, wearing a jacket despite the unbearable heat and staring blankly at the dirt covering her father’s coffin.

Their mother, wearing jeans and sandals, briefly took the microphone: “For the last few minutes in the shelter, I promised you that I would pick up the shattered pieces of our lives one by one and put them back together, one by one. I love you”.