Asael Shavu, whose family members were killed in a terrorist attack in Itamar, will light a beacon on Independence Day
Uri Sela
14/04/2022
Thursday, 14 April 2022, 15:01 Updated: 15:14
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Asael, who will lead a beacon on the 74th Independence Day of the State of Israel, Minister of Culture and Sports Hili Trooper announced today (Thursday).
There, a resident of Ramat Gan was 9 years old when a terrorist entered his parents' house in Itamar and murdered his mother and three brothers in front of him.
This year, Lieutenant Hadar Cohen and the Diaspora beacon will be lit by Elizabeth Hadarot from Ukraine
. Along with the terrorist, the commander of the stand-by platoon, Yosef Toito, was also killed during his attempt to rescue the injured.
Two hundred shrapnel and three bullets penetrated Asahel's body and severed his leg, but despite the severe injury and the chilling loss of his family, Asahel struggled to get up and overcome the pain and disability.
After a long rehabilitation in the hospital and strenuous training, he became the Israeli swimming champion and proudly represented Israel in international swimming competitions.
The fighting spirit and love for the sport in which he also took with him to the basketball courts.
He joined the Israeli basketball team, and was even recruited as a leading player in the best league in the world in the disabled basketball industry.
In his extraordinary confrontation with the difficult tragedy that befell him, Asahel represents the triumph of the spirit of creation, construction and doing.
In recent years he has returned to the basketball courts, where he made his first steps, and today he coaches young people with disabilities in all shades of the Israeli rainbow.
In addition, he also lectures to teens and teens across the country about his coping with the challenges in his life.
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