Lotem Sasson, the sister of Te’ela Gez who was brutally murdered last week in a terror attack, described how Te’ela’s brutal murder is influencing their family.
By Rachel Avraham
Lotem Sasson, the sister of Tze’ela Gez who was brutally murdered last week in a terror attack, broke down in tears as she described to Arutz Sheva the suffering that her family is enduring. “It’s simply unimaginable,” Sasson said in an emotional interview with Kan Reshet Bet. “She was all light, there are no other people like her in the world.”
Tze’ela, who already had three children, was on her way to the hospital to deliver her fourth child last week. “She spoke with me at 8:00 PM,” Sasson recalled. “The doctor advised her to go to the hospital and give birth already, but she said she preferred a natural birth, and that a few more days of pain wouldn’t change anything.” However, she later on changed her mind, chose to listen to the doctor and was murdered on the way to the hospital.
Tze’ela’s baby was delivered in an emergency procedure following the shooting and remains in serious but stable condition, Arutz Sheva reported. “He was without oxygen for about 50 minutes—from the moment Tze’ela was murdered until he was born,” Sasson explained. “They’ve already removed some of his breathing tubes, but he is still sedated. I really hope to hear better news today.”
Sasson told Arutz Sheva painfully: “Tze’ela leaves behind four children who will grow up without their mother, who was so amazing. No one can take her place. I always tried to learn from her how to be a good mother.”
She spoke of her sister’s dedication to others: “She was all light — there are no other people like her. No matter how much pain and suffering she experienced, she was always busy helping others. I asked her why she worked so hard, and she said it was because there are people who need her. So she helped whoever she could. She pushed herself to the limit just to help as many people as possible.”
““Even after October 7th, Tze’ela went everywhere she could to help people — survivors of the Nova festival, people suffering from anxiety — anyone in need,” Sasson stated to Arutz Sheva, noting the fact that she was a therapist. “She did everything that she could.”
Following her brutal murder, JNS reported that the Gez family decided to donote Tze’ela’s organs. Gez’s corneas will be transplanted, one for a youngster at Schneider Children’s Medical Center in Petach Tikvah, and one for a patient at Rabin Medical Center’s Beilinson Hospital in the same city, Arutz Sheva reported.
Her husband, Hananel Gez, who sustained light wounds in the shooting attack outside the couple’s community of Bruchin, told JNS: “Tzeela always brought light during her life, and now even after her death, she continues to give. We made sure she gave the gift of a positive eye to two people. Tze’ela always tried to see the good and bring light to the world—in life and in death.”
Photo from The Financial Express: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKvbCajf9SA
