"Mama waited for him to light Hanukkah candles and he did not come": Joseph killed in fatal accident

79-year-old Joseph Kahalani is one of four killed in the bus accident that collided with a concrete hitch while returning from a trip to Jerusalem. His daughter said that her mother was waiting for him at their home in Petah Tikva to light the Chanukah candles together: "He doesn't deserve to go that way." Three other women were killed in the accident

"Mama waited for him to light Hanukkah candles and he did not come": Joseph killed in fatal accident

Yosef Kahalani, 79, of Petah Tikva is one of four fatalities in the fatal accident near Ben Gurion Airport where a bus collided with a concrete hitchhike, Monday, the publication said. Of individual stations from the scene of the accident.

Iris Says counted on her father who was killed in the accident and said her father was a father "A kind-hearted man, young in spirit, all day made mitzvot. Mama waited for him in the window to light candles, and he did not come." Kahalani's daughter said: "I came back at ten yesterday. Waiting for a policeman and a social worker. We left the elevator and my heart fell because I have four children. I didn't think anything happened to Dad for a moment. He was full of life. He told me, 'This is your father.'

"Mama waited for him to look out the window, she told me she was waiting for him. She did not know that at that moment her candle was extinguished. They had been so good throughout the years, and they took the person who cared for her. Before he left the house they would always make Yemenite music They were 55 years old. " According to Joseph's daughter, "Every phone call was to ask about the peace of the children. I didn't hear him say it hurt me, he didn't deserve to go that way. What do I have to say to the driver? There is no word worth saying without respecting my father's memory, unfortunately".

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"She waited for him all night to come." Killed Joseph Kahalani and his wife (Photo: Courtesy of the family)

Joseph Kahalani was killed in a car accident near Ben Gurion Airport, December 2019 (Photo: courtesy of the family)

His grandson, Jonathan Gazit, said: "He traveled to Jerusalem many times. Going to pray and traveling. He was a very righteous man. My sister called me and told me that my grandfather was killed in the accident. A few minutes after I read about the accident - I didn't think it was my grandfather. To him all night to come. " Kahalani will be brought to rest in Petah Tikva Cemetery at 3 p.m.

Alone from audiences Three women in their 30s and 50s were killed last night in the Egged bus collision at a concrete shuttle station at Beqaq junction. A further 14 people were injured, including a woman aged 67 and a seriously injured 19-year-old woman. All of the injured were treated at the scene by MDA staff and evacuated to Sheba, Assaf Harofin, Beilinson and Sharon hospitals. Five injured from the accident were released tonight to their home from Assaf Harofa Hospital. The arrest of 44-year-old bus driver Alexander Leibman was extended to four days today Negligent death, driving easily and deviation from the investigator's lane are investigating if the phone was used at the time of the accident.

The fatal accident near Ben Gurion Airport: The bus driver is suspected of causing negligence

The scene of the accident, yesterday (Photo: MDA Operation Documentation)

Twelve people were injured in an accident between a bus in a service line that collided at a bus stop on Highway 40, near the Bedeck junction near Ben Gurion Airport. December 22, 2019 (Photo: MDA Operation Documentation, MDA)

One of the injured in the Sheba hospital in Tel Hashomer is 71-year-old Meira Wahab. Her husband said this morning that "Meira traveled with her sister and friends to Jerusalem and on her way home called me to decide whether to go to comfort mourning when we finished the call, sat down to watch news and saw the report of the accident. And look for it. Just two days before we talked about these accidents, there should be no national intervention in the country. "

In the documentation from the first moments after the accident, the roof of the concrete bus station is visible inside the vehicle space, and beside it are the bodies of passengers. "Today I did not sit in my favorite place and now there are two bodies there," one passenger says.

A civilian who alerted MDA said that "a bus collided and dropped concrete on people inside the bus. A block of concrete fell on the bus, blocking some five seats. "She added that the bus was trapped:" There is someone under the concrete, maybe two or more. "Another passerby who also called Hotline 101 said that" there is a bus on the side of the road Some people. It is flying completely off the lane and the whole bus is smashed. "

"Every phone call was to ask about the children's peace." The daughter of Joseph Kahalani who was killed in the accident

The daughter of 79-year-old Joseph Kahalani who was killed in the fatal car accident near Ben Gurion Airport on December 23, 2019. (Photo: official website)