Bnei Brak Charedim Attend Burial of Arab Christian Officer who Killed Terrorist

 

A group of Charedim from Bnei Brak attended the funeral of a non-Jewish police officer who was killed while gunning down the Palestinian terrorist.

Sgt. Amir Khoury, an Arab Christian, likely saved many lives after he rushed to the scene of Tuesday’s attack in Bnei Brak and shot Palestinian terrorist Diaa Hamarsheh. Mr. Khoury was shot by the terrorist and succumbed to his wounds.

At the funeral, Sergeant Khoury’s father Jiris eulogized him: “On Tuesday morning, you left me with an embrace and told me that you would be home on Friday. You returned a day early, in a coffin. I’m sorry that I am separated from you. Children bury their parents, and here everything has turned upside down. My beloved son, I love you. If you had known how many people from across the country called, came to mourn, from Beit Shemesh, Jerusalem, Rehovot… They said they felt an obligation to come embrace you.”

Sergeant Khoury and his partner were motorcycle officers in Bnei Brak. They were the first to arraive the scene after the terrorist shot and murdered four people in two locations.

Thousands of people from all over Israel attended the funeral in Nazareth, and a busload of Charedim joined later to pay their respects when the procession reached the officer’s hometown of Nof Hagalil.

According to media reports, Sergeant Khoury once saved a Charedi from drowning.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett called the sergeant, who was an Arab Catholic, a “hero of Israel.”