Hundreds of family and friends arrived today (Sunday) at the Kiryat Shaul cemetery in Tel Aviv to accompany Oron Beilin, 24, from Ramat Gan, who was murdered at a party near Kibbutz Reim.
Beilin, the only child of Rina, grew up in Tel Aviv and graduated from the Herzliya Gymnasium. In recent years he lived in Ramat Gan with his mother and grandmother. Oron's mother thought he was sleeping at a friend's house in Tel Aviv, but at three o'clock last Saturday she learned that he was at a party.
On Saturday morning, he still managed to tell a friend on the phone that he was hiding in the bushes and was about to run out of battery, with gunshots constantly heard in the background. His friend asked him to continue hiding until forces came to rescue him, but since that conversation contact with him has been cut off and only a few days ago his body was identified.
The cemetery in Kiryat Shaul, photo: Avi Cohen
Hundreds came to the Kiryat Shaul cemetery to accompany Oron Beilin, who was murdered at the nature party in Reim. Mother Rina, who was supported by a family member, cried out, crying bitterly, how they took you from me. "You went to the envelope, you came back wrapped. How can I contain such pain. You were my whole world, I thanked God every day you were born. A lovely, beloved boy, you were an athlete, a basketball player and loved the day the most. You loved Grandma Esther and there were three of us together, now we're alone."
The mother also eulogized her son: "My beloved child, you planned to go on a trip to the United States and you should have started school today. You will always be a part of me, my soul. My beloved child, take care of yourself upstairs. One day I will join you." Grandma Esther added: "Look how much people love you. You were lovely, loving. I would prepare for you and ask what you like. We will be strong."
Oron's cousin: "They love you very, very much. While you were scared to death by the bad guys, you wrote to your mother and grandmother that you were in Tel Aviv and that we wouldn't worry about you. You didn't want us to worry. On Friday, before you left for the party, we watched albums and videos of us from childhood together."
One of his many friends eulogized: "It's hard to believe we're having to eulogize you at 24. In your easy way you managed to touch them all. I believe that even when your heart stops beating, your spirit is with us."
Gunmen open fire on partygoers at a nature party near Orim, photo: use under section 27a of the Copyright Law
The director of the Herzliya Gymnasium, Dr. Ze'ev Degani, where Beilin studied, said: "Oron is the fourth graduate of the Gymnasium whose funeral I have been attending in recent days. Remembers him as a charming, smiling boy and a good friend. The feelings are very difficult."
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