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Two Israelis were killed and a third wounded in a shootout in the West Bank on Sunday: the two victims, identified as Ziv Hajbi, 35, and Kim Yehezkel-Levengrond, 29, died after serious injuries.
Hajbi, married with three children, lived in Rosh Ha'ayin. For the past three years, he worked as an accountant at the Alon Recycling Plant in the Barkan Industrial Park, where the attack took place. He would have turned 36 this weekend. His family decided to donate his organs.
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"Ziv was a model son, a model father, a model husband and a son-in-law," said Asaf Daabul, Rishon Letzion City Council member and family friend.
"Three months ago, he wanted to quit his job, but because the company gave him great value, he improved his benefits and he stayed," added Daabul. "It's an irony of destiny … It's infuriating, it's painful."
Hajbi's mother told military radio that her son was "a wonderful boy, an angel". Rafael Alon, owner of the company in which Hajbi worked, called him "fantastic guy". His funeral will be held Monday afternoon at Moshav Nir Yisrael.
Yehezkel-Levengrond, the second victim of the attack, was married and had a son and also lived in Rosh Ha'ayin. Hundreds of people attended his funeral in the Rosh Ha'ayin cemetery.
Yehezkel-Levingrond's mother called for her funeral: "Where are you taking my daughter? Or?"
Communication Minister Ayoub Kara spoke on behalf of the government. "I do not have words to express the pain and sorrow caused by this despicable assassination by a despicable terrorist. I came to tell the devoted husband and the baby who, unfortunately, will never see his mother – I'm sorry. I am sorry to try for years to try to convince the Knesset and the government to pass a law authorizing the death penalty for terrorists, but I have not succeeded. "
She worked in the finance department of the same company in the Barkan Industrial Park. Her cousin Ron described her as "a happy girl, overflowing with kindness, who made sure that things were good for everyone and for everything around her".
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Another cousin, Sapir, said that Yehezkel-Levengrond had worked at Alon while studying for the bar exam.
"Kim was full of joie de vivre, beautiful both outside and inside," Sapir said. "She was a mother in the most complete sense of the term, a proud mother who adored her son and husband Guy. She was a happy person. "
Natalie, a friend, said that when Yehezkel-Levengrond took her infant son to kindergarten on Sunday morning, "she was smiling and happy … We have not yet digested this huge disaster."
The suspect in the case is a Palestinian from Shweika town, near Tul Karm, who was working in the factory as an electrician. Other employees said he had not come to work in recent weeks.
Alon, the owner, said the suspect had been summoned to the office where Hajbi and Yehezkel-Levengrond are working to resolve an electricity problem, but as soon as he entered, he opened fire on them. Another woman in the office, hidden under a desk, was slightly injured.
The attacker has escaped and the security services are looking for him. The army says he apparently acted alone.
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