Lots of deaths, few beds: The number of deaths since the beginning of the month has exceeded 1,000 • The worst day: January 14, 59 victims • Failure to follow the guidelines and the burden on the health system no longer matters to the family members who lost the most precious, and now they read: About yourself and we got vaccinated "
Nurses in the Corona Department // Photo: Oren Ben Hakon
"An example of devotion and human love"
In Kiryat Shmona we say goodbye to the late Yaakov Ben Zion (Benzi)
The news of the death of Yaakov Ben Zion (Benzi) from Kiryat Shmona last week led to a wave of shock and cries of grief from the residents of Kiryat Shmona and its surroundings.
The social networks of the Galilee finger communities were filled with warm and painful words about the man who retired from the position he held in the IDF as the city commander, and was a leading candidate to run for mayor.
Last November, he was hospitalized at Ziv Medical Center in Safed, suffering from corona complications, and after two months of battling the disease, she overcame him and he is only 54 years old.
"Kiryat Shmona lost one of the most dear and beloved people in the city. Yaakov Ben Zion was an example and role model for professionalism, dedication and love of man. He made a huge contribution to the State of Israel and Kiryat Shmona on difficult days, even as the mythological city commander," .
Stern was one of those young people who saw Benz as a role model.
"At the beginning of my public journey, our paths met. I saw in him a leader that Kiryat Shmona so desperately needs. I stood by his side, learned from his wisdom, I believed in his way!"
"The way he acted - in modesty, dedication and commitment - was inspiring for me and for many of us. His character will be engraved in the story and heritage of the city of Kiryat Shmona forever. An entire city embraces and supports his family and especially his parents, spouse, children, grandchildren and brothers and sisters. ".
"In his short life, what the 80-year-old did not do was enough"
Tova, sister of the late Shlomo Zalman Coleman
Shlomo Zalman Coleman, 44, a benefactor who worked hard for Jewish settlement in East Jerusalem, died last Sunday from the Corona plague.
He is survived by his wife, Batsheva, and his little daughter Naomi Hoodia, only 3.5 years old.
Coleman, who immigrated with his parents at the age of 6 from England, was a beloved figure in Jerusalem, with a bright face and a wide heart.
Tova Polsky, his sister, said: "It is a great loss. Shlomo was a man who loved every person no matter who he was. He already lived in the Shimon Hatzadik neighborhood, Sheikh Jarrah, 20 years ago, and seven years ago he married and had a daughter. Shlomo loved children very much. When my 10-year-old daughter heard he was dead, she hid in bed and cried.
"He went to Ukraine for the anniversary in memory of the Baal HaTanya, and when he returned he did a corona examination and came out positive. He was in a motel and felt fine, until last Sunday his condition deteriorated. They tried to resuscitate him, and two hours after his wife spoke to him he died. "What 80-year-olds do not do. He worked for the redemption of lands belonging to Jews, and also supported Torah scholars. He was much at the tomb of Samuel the prophet and the tomb of David and was responsible for Torah study near the tomb of our mother Rachel. Solomon always helped others without limit."
Jonathan Yosef, a member of the Jerusalem City Council, praised him: "Shlomo was a man of Jerusalem throughout his life. He did not look for the easy way but chose pioneering, including being the first settler in the Shimon Hatzadik neighborhood."
"The danger is enormous, be as careful as possible"
Zehava, sister of the late Noa Golin
"Today is the fourth day of seven for my dear little sister who passed away from Corona at the age of 31. Today I also got to receive the second dose of the Corona vaccine. On the left side, the vaccinated hand. On the right side, under the sweater, the tear."
This is what Zehava posted to Pekowitz Golin yesterday on her Facebook account on the fourth day of the death of her sister, the late Noa. "My younger sister Noa was completely healthy with obesity, she was mentally handicapped and lived for the last decade in a hostel in Maoz Zion. My parents on the streets.
The whole community knew her and loved her very much.
"My sister's condition deteriorated even though she was a healthy person and we were called last Tuesday night to say goodbye to her. We stood next to her and said goodbye to her when the doctors advised us to go home because Noa was young. The process may be long. We sang with her the Savior Angel and all the songs. "She died. It's a very big fracture, I'm just being interviewed to say how many must be kept and that you should go get vaccinated as soon as possible. People talk about all sorts of conspiracies, but my sister was a healthy person and this disease came and took her. The danger here is huge .
"He went up alone and died without his family"
Yigal, son of the late David Oded
Public figure and father of eight David Moeded (82), from Moshav Heletz in the Nahal Sorek local council, died of corona disease due to the irresponsibility of a person who infected him.
"He was hospitalized in the ward in Kaplan, and a young woman who came to visit her father was with symptoms. She infected both her father and my father," says his son Yigal with great frustration.
"Dad was born in Yemen and orphaned by his father. He immigrated with his mother and her new husband to the Magic Rug. He moved to a boarding school in Gedera and completed 12 years of schooling. He married and raised a glorious family. Dad became secretary of Heletz, was responsible for the vineyard for many years Whoever wanted to.
"We all became creative and creative people because of him, and today we all occupy a significant place in our community because of his work. At the same time he also took care of my mother Hannah (83), who went blind at 45. He was a very active person and we were very attached to him. "Over the years, and in recent years his dementia has started a bit," says Yigal, "unfortunately we took him to Kaplan for treatment, and it is precisely there that he became infected because of an irresponsible young woman. We already thought he was recovering, but three months ago on Saturday night he died alone. "And he died alone without his family. It's important for me to tell people how dangerous it is."
