The three victims of the deadly attack that took place in Tel Aviv last Thursday will be laid to rest today (Sunday). With them, Magini and Tomer Morad from Kfar Saba will be buried side by side in the Pardes Haim cemetery in Kfar Saba. Morad’s funeral will be held at 3:30 p.m. and Defenders’ at 4:30 p.m. The funeral of the third murdered man, Barak Lufen from Givat Shmuel, will take place today at 5:30 PM in the Kibbutz Ginosar cemetery.
The childhood friends of Magini and Morad, who in recent years shared a shared apartment in Tel Aviv and decided to have a beer together last Thursday at the Eilka bar in Dizengoff, certainly did not expect that the next attack in Israel would haunt them and thwart Magini’s preparations for his planned wedding with his partner Ayala. The two were shot at close range by the terrorist, arrived in critical condition at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv – where they were pronounced dead.
Their families and friends have a hard time digesting because they will no longer get to see their faces. Magini (27), a computer science student at Tel Aviv University.
He also left behind a doe, with whom he became engaged only last month. Ayala’s mother, Leah, said: “We are devastated, they started making lists of the wedding. They reported in the news that there was an attack and Ayala knew he was in a pub. She called him and he did not answer. I also called and he did not answer. We knew that if he did not call to tell her he “Okay, so something happened. I went to Ichilov, and from the doctors’ faces I realized that instead of a wedding there would be a funeral.”
Hagai, Eitam’s grandfather: “He is an unparalleled child. Made everyone fall in love with him immediately. He was in his third year at university in a special circle of geniuses, in computers and neuroscience.”
The grandfather even shared the last correspondence between them last Tuesday, so he wanted to consult with his grandfather about the amount of wedding guests he was working on. The last message sent by Eitam’s grandfather, two days later, immediately after hearing about the attack in Dizengoff in Tel Aviv, the late Magini no longer received. In the last message, Hagai, who took care of his grandson’s fate, sent a message:
Mored (28), a mechanical engineering student at Tel Aviv University, also planned to get engaged soon. Ariel Weinblatt, his partner, said goodbye to her lover in a post on her Facebook page. “My Tomer, the love of my life. You are my whole world. Waiting for you to come and wake me from the dream. I love you, you are within me forever.”
Leonardo Romano, a friend of Eitam and Tomer, added: “They were true friends. I just want us to remember their good things. We arranged to meet with them there. On the way I realized there was a terrorist attack in Tel Aviv. We tried to catch them on the phone and they did not answer. We realized something happened.”
On Tuesday evening, the death of a third victim was determined as a result of the attack, when Ichilov announced that Barak Lufen, who was fatally wounded, died of his wounds. Lufen, a 35-year-old member of Kibbutz Ginosar, is married to Dana and has three children. Grew up in Kibbutz Ginosar and is currently a resident of Givat Shmuel.
From the family of the late Barak Lufen, it was announced after his death: “Our beloved Barak, a grandson of the founders of Kibbutz Ginosar, is an exemplary husband and father. “An athlete with all his limbs, a member of the Olympic staff in the field of kayaks and an educator of the future generation in the field. He left us prematurely, shocked, painful and very loving.”
The late Barak Lufen (Photo: courtesy of the family)Lufen was previously considered one of the leading kayakers in Israel. In 2006 he won the European Championship bronze medal in the 200-meter double kayak with Sydney 2000 Olympic medalist Michael Kalganov, and even finished with Kalganov in sixth place at the World Championships. He was included in the expanded Olympic squad and retired in early 2009. A year later he returned to rowing and participated in the World Championships, but was unable to obtain the Olympic ticket.