At the Aboukaret family home in Netanya, great mourning, after the daughter Sarel, a Border Police fighter, was killed last night in a terrorist attack in Hadera. Many family members and acquaintances came to comfort their mother Deborah, father Yitzhak and brother Alon.
Moshe Dayan, Shirel's uncle, said: "I was updated by a friend of my nephew and we immediately came here, me and my whole family. My niece was a girl full of joy of life. She is full of heart and love for the country, an excellent student. In the end, she succeeded. "
"Everything she wanted to achieve in life she achieved," Dayan says.
"She was an outstanding soldier. At the end of the training she even received her commander's MM pin.
"She really liked the army, she really liked the border, she invested above and beyond. Even when she finished her shift, she would replace others."
"She was locked up at the border, she only wanted a border," says Uncle Moshe Dayan.
"She was a Zionist. Our whole family is a Zionist. She really wanted to immigrate to Israel."
He added: "Unfortunately this is what we are destined to do, to live on the sword."
Dayan hosted Shirel's family on Friday and told about his last moments with his niece.
"I live in Yavne and my sister called that they wanted to come for Friday dinner. Of course we were happy to host them. She was so radiantly happy, so happy she was where she was."
In addition, Dayan said that Shirel and her friends were completely surprised when the terrorists appeared in front of them.
"When she tried to get up and run, she stumbled. Then the wrongful son caught up with her from zero range. Luckily for us, there were YMS fighters there.
If not, it could have ended in massacre. "
Dayan recounted her parents' difficulty after receiving the bitter news: "How does a mother feel when she loses what is most precious to her? How can father and brother feel? May God keep all the soldiers. May everyone return home in peace. We all hope these will be the last casualties."
Dayan said, "The struggle is difficult. We are strong, we will cope and overcome because we have no choice. We can not afford to be weak. They can not beat us. We will cry, we will be sad for a very long time. We will continue to remember her, not just lose a niece 19 ".
Kisra mourns Yazan's death: "Shy, beloved, salt of the earth"
At the same time, in the village of Kisra, members of Yazan Fallah's family are mourning his death in the terrorist attack in Hadera.
Yazan enlisted in the border a year ago, after convincing his parents to allow him to serve inside me despite being an only child. Yazan returned to base yesterday even though his mother asked him to stay home after seeing he was not feeling well.
Amal Fallah, Yazan's uncle who was killed in the attack, praised him: "We do not believe that we lost the most precious of all, that we lost Yazan, only yesterday morning he returned proud and smiling upright to his police service at the border.
Fate wanted it and it comes back to us today in a closet. "
He told of his nephew's way to the border: "Yazan was a special person.
After graduating from high school he was drafted like everyone else, as an only child he could not serve as a soldier, but he insisted and made every effort to convince his parents and me to do service as a soldier, we eventually respected his will.
He was proud of his service, his friends, his green uniform, he followed in the footsteps of his uncles and chose the border.
About his character he said: "As a man he was a nice guy, loved, smiling, a little shy, loving, loved, salt of the earth. Lizan has two sisters, one of whom is his twin, and the other is his older sister. Yazan would like to be remembered as a quiet guy, smiling "Who helps everyone, loves everyone, is humble and happy."
On the occurrence of the events yesterday he said: "We did not ask questions on the subject, we contain the loss, embrace the parents, we will ask the questions later and hope we get answers."
He added: "I send my condolences to the family who lost their fighter daughter in that attack. We are embracing our family and embracing their family."
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