A day after the death of the late Major Bar Falah, deputy commander of the Nahal patrol, in an encounter with terrorists near the Jalma crossing, his family, who are sitting seven in their home in Netanya, are having trouble digesting the evil of the decree. His mother Dalia said goodbye in tears and said that "she lost You are the king of the world." His little sister Riki told about the last conversation between them.
"The day before he was killed, he asked me and his sister for a picture, and we sent him a picture," described the late Falah's mother. This was the last conversation. At five in the morning they came to inform me - I had lost the king of the world. I have six children, but one child is not a criminal , they are all scholars, they all give their souls, but he was something special."
The late Major Bar Falah during his service in the Sting Unit, photo: Oren Cohen
The late Bar Falah. His family who repeated the last call, photo: IDF spokesman
Dalia, the mother of Major Bar Falah, at Shiva: "The king of the world has gone to me" // Photo: Shmuel Buchris
His sister who also returned the last call: "At 10:40 p.m. he sent us a selfie of himself and asked what was up with us. I sent him a picture back with mom and wrote to him: 'Choosing mom clothes for her dates' and he asked who she was dating. He really wants to know What are we doing all the time - really a man. Then he asked what about some 'romantic night talk' but we didn't have time to talk."
Earlier today, the security forces, including the Nahal patrol, MGB and Engineering, operated in Kfar Dan from where the terrorists who killed the late Major Falah left.
During the activity, they mapped the houses from which the terrorists left.
The forces encountered fire against them, reacted and a hit was detected.
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Yesterday evening thousands of relatives and family members came to the military cemetery in Netanya to accompany Bar on his last journey.
He left behind 5 brothers and sisters, a mother and a partner.
His father died a few years ago.
Bar's partner, Ariel Savag, mourned in tears: "My man, my Haim, you entered my soul. You are the best person I have ever known in my life. You called me last night and told me to keep my smell on your pillow. You told me not to worry and that everything would be fine You said, 'Nothing will happen to me. My beautiful, who can do anything to me?', my biggest nightmare happened. You were everything to me and I will never forget you, I promise you."
The funeral of Major Bar Falah. Thousands accompanied him on his last journey, photo: Oren Cohen
"You were everything to me, my pride": Major Bar Falah was laid to rest; his wife said goodbye to him in tears // Photo: Shlomo Buchris
Commander of the Nahal Patrol, Lt. Col. Yonatan Tzur: "Falakh, my right hand, friend, brother, commander and warrior. That's how you were and that's how you fell. You wanted to join the Nahal Patrol, because 'that's where the real army is,' you said.
You charged bravely against terrorists.
Even when the shot pierced your body you returned fire.
You fell as a hero of Israel.
Dalia, you lost a son.
The members of the Pelah family, you are part of the Nahal patrol family forever, be proud of the bar. Pelah, I salute you on your last journey."
The fatal encounter - and the question marks
The incident in which the late Bar was killed began when IDF surveillance identified two suspects in the area of the Seam fence near the village of Jalma, in the area of the Menashe regional division.
The IDF forces that were rushed to the point, including the commander of the Nahal patrol, Major Falah, surrounded the terrorists and started a suspect arrest procedure, during which they fired at the fighters. , who were armed with a Carlo-type rifle and another improvised rifle, and killed them.
As a result of the exchange of fire, Major Falah was killed.
IOS division commander Avi Belot in the area of the incident, next to the weapon used by one of the attackers, photo: IDF spokesman
In the meantime, the IDF has begun an investigation into the case, and at the center of it will be the minute in which it was decided that the late Pelah would approach the two terrorists, without knowing that they were armed until the moment they opened fire.
Another troubling issue that will be examined is the issue of the instructions to open fire - and the question of whether the way the forces acted, which endangered them, was the right one.
In recent times there has been quite a bit of criticism on the issue of the opening fire instructions given to the soldiers - and the explicit instruction of the commanders in the field to try and reduce as much as possible the number of Palestinian deaths, which has been more than 80 since the beginning of the year.
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