Apr 27, 2002 - Danielle Shefi, 5, of Adora, was one of four people killed when terrorists dressed in IDF uniforms and combat gear cut through the settlement's defensive perimeter fence and entered Adora, west of Hebron. The terrorists entered several homes, firing on people in their bedrooms.
The attack took place at about 9 AM on Saturday morning in the hilltop community of Adora, northwest of Hebron. At least two terrorists, wearing IDF uniforms and flak jackets, armed with Kalashnikov and M-16 assault rifles, infiltrated the community. They entered several homes, killing 5-year-old Danielle Shefi, who was playing in her parents' bedroom, and Katrina Greenberg, asleep in her bedroom, and injuring seven others. Arik Becker and Ya'acov Katz were killed as they and others from the community's response team exchanged fire with the terrorists.
Ya'acov Shefi, a policeman who serves in the Hebron district, was attending Shabbat services in the synagogue when he heard gunshots. He raced toward his home and saw two people near the dining-room door wearing army uniforms and flak jackets. "I asked them what had happened. They didn't answer and began shooting at me," he said.
Unarmed, he ran to a neighbor's house in order to find out what had happened to his family, and learned his daughter had been killed and his wife and two sons wounded. "I saw my wife Shiri being carried out on a stretcher, and she called out, 'They murdered our daughter,' " he said.
Shiri was in the bedroom playing with her three children. A terrorist entered the bedroom and sprayed them with gunfire. She pushed the terrorist out, closed the door and hid with the children underneath the bed. She told them not to cry. Five-year-old Danielle, who was shot in the head, was killed. Eliad, 2, his brother, Uriel, 4, and their mother, Shiri, were lightly injured.
Ya'acov Shefi said: "Danielle, who never hurt anyone and who was taught to love and respect all human beings, Jew or Arab, was murdered in her parents' bedroom - which for her should have been the safest place."
Danielle, who attended the Sigalit kindergarten, was described by her teacher as bright and charming, well-liked by the children, and always nicely dressed. Her playmates, told that her soul had gone to heaven, asked, "What is Danielle doing up there near the birds and planes?"
Danielle Shefi was buried in Kiryat Gat. She is survived by her parents and two younger brothers.
http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Terrorism-%20Obstacle%20to%20Peace/Memorial/2002/1/Danielle%20Shefi
This is the Reality of Life in Israel.
ReplyDeleteWhere children are killed , simply for being a Jew.
This story is from 2002, however it is the same story that has happened many times since, and one that should not be forgotten.
The media often shows images of Palestinian children, that are killed in Gaza, what they don't tell you, is that many are killed by their own people and used as a tool against Israel, others are killed because Hamas chooses to hide weapons in Civilian Areas, in schools and Mosques, in the homes of the people.
Israel, always warns the people before they make a major strike on Gaza, they even tell them where it will be, to give the people time to leave the area.
And these strikes, are an act of self defense or an act made during war (Jihad) started by the Palestinians.
Never will you hear or see an Israeli sneaking into the homes of civilians and killing their children like this,
In fact, the Palestinians kill far more of their own children, than anyone else has ever killed.
And that does not include suicide bombers.
When you are dealing with a people, that holds no value on a human life, including that of their own children,
And sees those children as only a device by which to kill Jewish people, or to be used as propaganda in the Media , how can you have peace with such a people.
Today the World screams out at Israel, and blames her for all their Woes, just as Germany blamed the Jewish people ,not long ago,along with so many others down through History.
But, they never bother to look and to see, just what is being done to the Jewish people.
There can not be peace with a people that do not value life.
And in my personal opinion, anyone that can put a gun to the head of a child and pull the trigger (not just once),but twice, is soulless and less than Human.
Golda Meir said it best :“We will have peace with the Arabs when they love their children more than they hate us”