Tag Archive for Har Nof Synagogue

Druze Officer Killed in Jerusalem Terror Attack Honored by Israel’s President, Ministers & Head Rabbi

Thousands came to attend Sgt. Major Zidan Seif funeral in his home town of Yanuh-Jatand, & pay last respects including President Reuven Rivlin, Minister Yitzhak Aharonvich, Police Commissioner Yohanan Danino & many hareidi mourners.

By Ari Soffer

 

The funeral for a Druze police officer killed in yesterday’s terrorist attack in Jerusalem has begun in his home town of Yanuh-Jat.

Sergeant Major Zidan Seif (30) was shot in a firefight with terrorists as he heroically intervened to stop the massacre at the Kehillat Yaakov synagogue in Har Nof; he died of his wounds late Tuesday night.

His funeral began at 2 p.m. Continue Reading »

Pure Evil Entered Jerusalem Synagogue…to Kill

Additional details emerge of the horrific killing-spree as the victims of this morning’s massacre at a Jerusalem synagogue are laid to rest.

By Ari Soffer

 

As the four victims of this morning’s massacre at the Kehillat Bnai Torah Yeshiva Synagogue in Jerusalem’s Har Nof neighborhood were laid to rest Tuesday afternoon, Israelis are still in shock at the depravity of the attack on unarmed worshipers as they prayed.

Worshipers were cut down as they prayed – Photo: Israeli Government Press Office

The four victims – Rabbi Moshe Twersky, Rabbi Kalman Levine, Aryeh Kupinsky, and Avraham Shmuel Goldberg, hy”d – leave behind grieving widows and 24 orphans between them. Continue Reading »

Jerusalem Synagogue Massacre Celebrated by Palestinians on Twitter & in the Streets

Abbas condemns killings, but he continues to incite hatred & violence while Islamic Jihad & Hamas vow more attacks are coming.

By Ryan Jones

 

Palestinian Arabs in Gaza and elsewhere openly celebrated the massacre of Jewish worshippers at a synagogue in Jerusalem Tuesday morning.

Hamas official Mushir al-Masri posted on Twitter

Hamas hailed the attack as “revenge” for the death of an Arab bus driver in Jerusalem a day earlier, a death that was ultimately determined to be a suicide.

Hamas official Mushir al-Masri even managed to commission or otherwise obtain a grotesque political cartoon (left) praising the “heroic” synagogue attack, which he promptly posted on Twitter.

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Hero Druze police officer Zidan Sayif hurt in Jerusalem synagogue attack succumbs to wounds

Hero MAGAV police officer Zidan Sayif (ז”ל) has succumbed to his wounds and passed away at Hadassah hospital, raising the number of casualties in the attack to five.

By: Jewish Press News Briefs

 

Zidan Sayif (27) HY”D, the Israeli-Druze policeman who saved numerous lives on Tuesday morning when he engaged the two Arab terrorists in a gun battle in the Har Nof Massace, died on Tuesday evening of his wounds, according to a statement from Hadassah hospital.

Memory candles to honor the 5 victims of terror.

Memory candles to honor the 5 victims of terror.

Sayif was being treated in Hadassah hospital for the head wound he received in the shootout with the terrorists. Continue Reading »

Epitome of Savages: Terrorists’ Families Celebrate Butchering Jews

Families of the terrorists who butchered their prey as they were worshiping, celebrate the attack, hailing them as martyrs and heroes.

By Elior Levy & Yoav Zitun

 

The families of the two terrorists who killed four people in a brutal attack in a Jerusalem synagogue on Tuesday morning have hailed the two as heroes, as candies to celebrate the attack were handed out in the West Bank and Gaza.

Sweets handed out in Gaza to celebrate the attack (Photo: Reuters)

Sweets handed out in Gaza to celebrate the attack – Photo: Reuters

Alaa Abu Jamal, a cousin of the terrorists, said that Israeli policies were to blame for the attack at the synagogue, when the two entered the compound during morning prayers, armed with meat cleavers and a gun. Continue Reading »

Synagogue Massacre Claims 4 Butchered, 8 Wounded by Arab Savages

Rabbi Moshe Twersky of Torat Moshe yeshiva identified as one of the four murdered during morning prayers in barbarous attack on Har Nof synagogue.

By Ari Soffer

 

One of the victims of this morning’s deadly attack at a Jerusalem synagogue has been identified as the “Rosh Kollel” of the Torat Moshe yeshiva, Rabbi Moshe Twersky.

Torat Moshe Yeshiva,  sometimes called ToMo for short by its students, is an advanced level English-speaking yeshiva named for Rabbi Moshe Soloveitchik and founded by his grandson, Rabbi Moshe Meiselman.

Rabbi Twersky was among four people murdered when two Palestinian terrorists stormed the Kehillat Bnai Torah Yeshiva Synagogue in Jerusalem’s Har Nof neighborhood armed with axes, knives and guns during morning prayers. Continue Reading »