Thousands attend funeral of policeman who died defending worshipers in synagogue attack

Loved ones, neighbors, politicians, religious leaders and thousands of well-wishers from across the country made their way to the village of Yanuh in the Galilee on Wednesday, to honor Zidan Saif, the Druse policeman who died of a gunshot wound sustained at the scene of the terrorist attack at a Jerusalem synagogue.

 

The funeral was attended by President Reuven Rivlin, Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch, National Police Commissioner Insp.- Gen. Yochanan Danino, and leaders from Israel’s Druse community.

 

Aharonovitch said in his eulogy that “we are burying a hero of the Israel Police, who laid down his own body to protect the worshipers at the synagogue in Har Nof.”

 

“Zidan was there first and operated with courage. Without hesitation he charged inside, in the face of the horrors there. He followed the principles of the Israel Police and did what is expected of a courageous warrior.”

 

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