I do not know how to be strong for children

Speaking a day after her husband's funeral
At the Givat Shaul cemetery in Jerusalem, Tal, a mother of two, said, "I do not know how to continue and be strong for children. We were everything for him. The house was his kingdom. "

Tal Ovadia (Photo: Amit Shabi)

Ovadia was killed by Mohammad Tareq Yousef, 17
of Kobar during a knife attack Thursday night while he was going to his parents' home to pick up items he had bought for a romantic dinner that he had prepared to surprise his wife
to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Tu B'Av-similar to Valentine's Day.

Tal described Yotam as a decent, modest and humble working man. "He loved me and the children in a way that I had never seen in my life," said the widow in mourning, who is now raising her two sons – two-year-old Harel and ten months, and Itay seven months old – alone.

"Everything he did was for us, he always made sure things were good, he always went last," she said.

Yotam and Tal with their two sons

Tal noted that the day Yotam was killed, he returned from work with a bouquet of flowers and chocolates to celebrate Tu B & # 39; Av.

"We took a picture together and he was happy." After sleeping the children, he went to look for things at his parents' house, but he was not able to do them, "she said. added.

(Photo: AP)

"Whatever I wanted or asked for, he did and he loved me in a way that did not exist," Tal repeated. "He realized all the dreams for me, and I always told him," You are the only one, the one and the most special for me. "

According to eyewitnesses present during the attack, Yotam also attempted to fight the terrorist, which prevented him from breaking into the houses of the colony to commit crimes. 39, other attacks with the knife.

Security forces are still studying how Yousef managed to enter the colony.

When Chief Superintendent Eli Ovadia, commander of the Binyamin Police Station, opened the investigation, he discovered that the man who had been seriously injured in the attack was his cousin, who succumbed to his injuries.

"As I prepared to leave my house, I gave instructions to the forces that arrived on the scene," Supt. Ovadia said.

"At that time, I had not yet spoken to my cousins, and as I approached the community, I realized that it was happening in the street where my cousins ​​live. – the parents of Avraham and Karmella-Yotam who live in a few houses from home, but I did not want to believe it, "he added.

Eli Ovadia (Photo: Elisha Ben Kimon)

"I arrived at the scene and immediately one of the neighbors told me that Yotam was wounded man.It was a shock.Total shock.I almost exploded inside and my stomach was torn, "said the policeman.

Ovadia continued to preside over the investigation, he said, while praying for Yotam's well-being.

"On the one hand, I have to maintain my composure and continue to manage the area.But the uncles have already started calling me.It's a moment that I do not wish anyone. I was on the ground and I had to work while praying for my beloved nephew, "recalls Ovadia.

Two hours later, Ovadia received the news that Yotam had succumbed to his injuries. "Nobody can digest the fact that Yotam is no longer with us, we hugged each other and since then we have been crying," he said.

"I've always thought I was safe from crying.When it's your family, your stomach turns around.You know you're at work and you do not can not work on the emotion, but inside it's a storm.This was a difficult time. "