An unusual and unusual documentation in the Israeli landscape:
the late soldier Ido Baruch who was killed a month ago in an attack on the Samaria captivity - was recorded about two years ago recording at the Bat Mitzvah of an Arab girl.
About two years ago, a special and exciting Bat Mitzvah was held in Gadara, but it was not "another Bat Mitzvah" but a special closing of the circle of the happy bride.
Y., the bat mitzvah girl was born and raised in an Arab village, was raised as a Muslim and the only language she spoke was Arabic.
One winter morning, her mother woke her early in the morning and whispered in her ears and in the ears of her five brothers: "Get up, hurry up, we're going out!".
They accompanied her without knowing what the panic meant, why they were running away and where they were going.
The scene of the attack in Shomron captivity, photo: IDF spokesman
It was only when they were inside the large Yad Lachaim rescue vehicle that their mother told them the truth: "I am Jewish and therefore you are also Jews. This is the reason why you have been suffering so much all these years from father and the whole clan in the village. We are now running away to our grandparents who live in Israel."
The abusive treatment from their father that they received since birth made their transition smoother.
Only now did they realize what their mother had been hiding from them all these years.
Why was she constantly subjected to incessant violence and why were they also exposed to beatings and abuse from the Arab father.
About two years ago, surrounded by great support and love, as mentioned Y., the eldest of the family's children, celebrated her Bat Mitzvah in a beautiful and moving event organized by Yad Lachaim, and expressed with great excitement her joy of being part of the Jewish people.
According to exactly one month, on the holiday of Sukkot, the 21-year-old soldier Ido Baruch from Gdera was killed in a shooting attack near the settlement of Shebi Shomron.
One of the participants in Y's Bat Mitzvah.
In the days after the attack, he sent the members of the organization a picture from the Bat Mitzvah, in which a young man can be seen embracing and making the crowd happy.
Came to do it voluntarily.
The picture of Ido Baruch at the Bat Mitzvah,
"The receiver is Ido the Yad who came to do this voluntarily, out of a desire to help with the Bat Mitzvah and lend a hand to the family's restoration to the Jewish people," said the sender of the photo. According to him, the preparations for the Bat Mitzvah were published in Gedera's groups and social networks and the public was asked to come and help, each according to his talents And Ido volunteered himself to be in charge of the music.
Yad Lakhim say: "Ido's good deeds will be his memory. His kindness and his volunteering for his activity to restore lost Jews to the people of Israel and to his God, are such a typical act of someone who gave his life for the safety of the people of Israel. 'Where the slain of royalty stand, no creature can stand between them.'" .
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