THE VICTIMS
Dr Michael Feige
The 42-year-old previously served in the IDF’s elite Sayeret Matkal unit. He was having dinner at Benedict restaurant with his wife and 16-yearold son Noam when the terrorists attacked.
His 14-year-old daughter, Lihi, wrote a message to her murdered father on Facebook which read: “I know that you wouldn’t want us to be in this situation, with us crying and sad. You would say that it’s going to be okay and laugh about it... but you’re not here, and it’s hard on me and on Noam and on everybody.”
Mr Ben Ari’s wife was shot through the arm and shoulder, but is recovering and attended her husband’s funeral last Thursday.
At the service, which was attended by hundreds of mourners including deputy minister Ayoob Kara, Mr Ben-Ari’s father called on his government to change its ways to bring about peace.
He told the crowd: “What’s needed is a solution rather than saying all the time that there’s nobody to make peace with. We chose you to stop the cycle of blood... you haven’t succeeded. The time has come for a strategic solution.” gunned down.
The Ashkelon resident managed to call him before she died from the gunshot wound to the back.
Itamar Shimoni, the mayor of Ashkelon, said: “We have been in contact with the family and offered to help them with anything they need. We are truly sorry for their loss and may God avenge the blood of the victims in this horrific shooting attack.”