(haipo) - Yulia, the mother of the late IDF veteran David Bogdanusbaki, who fell in battle in the Gaza Strip as a fighter in the 603rd Battalion in December 2023, came this week to be united with her son's memory at the military cemetery in Haifa. When Yulia arrived at the grave, she was amazed to discover that the tombstone of her beloved son, who sacrificed his life for the country, was covered with a black cloth.
A shocked Yulia published a heartbreaking post on her Facebook page, in which she wrote:
"Today I went to Davidushka, like every day, to light a candle for him and to be with him at a ceremony held to mark the anniversary of the seventh of October. I was shocked to find out that they covered the grave of my uncle, my hero, the hero of the State of Israel, with a black cloth, to cover the monument and the cross." story.
"I have no words to describe the humiliation I felt," added the grieving mother. "I thought that my uncle, who gave his life to the country he loved for nine years with all his heart, and who really went to the army to protect it, his family and all of us, is no different from others and is not a second class person."
"I stood there and cried. I did not remove the black cloth from the tombstone, because I respect the feelings of other parents. I know how much pain there is in the hearts of every mother, father, sister and brother, and I did not want to turn the ceremony into a battlefield.
I don't touch other children's monuments. But who gave anyone the right to touch my son's condition? I am disappointed, crying and screaming in pain. This is not the Jewish people I fell in love with."
Deputy Mayor of Haifa, Yossi Shalom:
"Following the incident, I contacted MK Meir Cohen who contacted Defense Minister Yoav Galant so that he would handle the issue, which is within his area of responsibility. Our warriors sacrificed their lives so that ours would have a better life in this country. We must give them, at the very least, the respect they deserve, for their work for the country and for us. The Ministry of Defense is responsible for the memorial ceremonies and we, as a municipality, will work to refine the procedures for them."
Maxim Karuchik, chairman of the foreign relations division of the Likud Youth, told Lahi Pa:
"It is a shameful and disgraceful act to cover the grave of an Israeli hero who fell in battle in defense of the country. Those actually responsible must be found and severely punished. It is unimaginable that the mother of an IDF soldier comes to visit her son's grave and discovers such an injury to his honor. I intend to act in every possible way to make sure that the guilty bear the consequences. We must apologize to the family and repair the serious injury to their dignity."
May his memory be eternal. ☦
The God of Israel, who is the God of ethnic monotheism, I believe would be very disappointed with this behavior. May God grant the family peace and the offender repentance and pardon.
Indescribable insolence!!!!!!!!!!
Of course I would remove the fabric!!!! If there was any problem, he would not have been buried in a military cemetery!!! There are no limits!!!! How dark we are. shock!
My dear family share in your sorrow 😪
It's really a humiliating and humiliating act. No person has the right to do such a thing. He was also in Nagam. He gave his life. We are here to live in peace and love. I am very disappointed in people who behaved like this. It is forbidden. Every space is a world and its fullness. It is forbidden to touch. Covering it is committing a desecration. It is a participation in the grief of the dear family.
He is not Jewish
A gentile should not be buried in a Jewish cemetery
but a burial in the churchyard.
And dying so that you can continue to live is fine
Be ashamed, he is fighting for your life and for all of us
All of Haifa is full of cameras.
If you want, you can easily catch the criminals.
A bunch of disturbed!!! Despicable creatures!! Shame on the Jewish people and Israel's heritage!!! Who are you to decide? Who decided that those penguins with black caps are the ones who will decide on the entire nation of Israel? You are a shame to the people of Israel and the Jewish religion!
Right in every word.
A bunch of high-minded and arrogant people, think they will decide for us who is Jewish and who is not, and in the end they themselves are nothing more than a collection of despicable, despicable, and racist Bani Belial
It could be that the one who covered the grave was one of the workers. Maybe not Jews. Yad for cemeteries, cameras might find out who did it. It really hurts my heart. A soldier who fought for the motherland just respect him. Something that was not absorbed!
Consult the law on gravestones on the graves of those who fell in Israel's wars
The Ministry of Defense does not approve any text on the grave.
I remember the art question wanted to change the wording and the Ministry of Defense argued with a mother who wanted to add a little something else to the grave. Finally I remember they reached an agreement. I don't remember what the soldier's mother asked for (the argument was not the soldier). This is all a case. check and see how to help the soldier's mother
In the case of the defender, is he a member of the expatriates of the Commonwealth of Nations? Would a recognized MK or minister from the Likud also publish a condemnation, or did coalition considerations come first?
And people draw conclusions without knowing who covered the tombstone and why.
I am religious and I assume that if they buried him in a Jewish cemetery then there was probably some kind of permit. So why draw a conclusion that it was someone religious who did it. And even if so, he has to be reckoned with.
But why draw conclusions before finding out.
Mom, tell me - are you crazy -???
Come on, enough nonsense.
The nation of Israel is alive - we will win.
You are a really good and pious soul
(sarcasm to be clear)
No strangers and no shoes
This is the Ministry of Defense
Do the right thing according to the law
Do not place any other tombstone except the military cemetery tombstone
Those who don't like it can take out their space for a civil burial
Speaking as a bereaved brother
So maybe it's time to refresh procedures.
And if the tombstone does not match, would it even have been possible for it to have been so in the first place? I do not know how the Ministry of Defense works or who is responsible for the issue.
Not sure I understood, which degenerate covered her tombstone because of the cross?
Not degenerate. Primitive with a circle of black cloth on the head and laces dangling from the pants.