Family Hodedatov sits alone: come to console

The mother and sister of the haredi security guard Simcha Chodedatov z"l, are sitting shiva in the family home, alone, with no one coming to menachem avel them.

The Nahal Haredi, in which Simcha z"l served, asks the public to come and console the family.

Simcha made aliyah about a decade ago from Dargestan and learned in a yeshiva, and later served in the Nahal Haredi. The mother came to Israel only a short time ago. The sister arrived only when the news of the killing of her brother reached her.

Hodedatov was killed last week after he was mistakenly identified as a terrorist by soldiers who were on a security mission in Jerusalem.

It now seems, according to some of the family members, that those who began the unfortunate event were a number of woman passengers on the bus he traveled, who suspected him when he got off the bus, as a terrorist, and shouted 'terrorist', 'terrorist'. Simcha did not think at first that the calls were directed to him, but to the soldiers who at that moment had boarded the bus, and turned to them.

They started a fight against him. Simcha who was frightened they would shoot him, shouted "Ani oleh Chadash" (I'm a new immigrant) and tried to deflect the weapons from him. These calls were interpreted as 'Ani Daesh" (I'm ISIS) and he was shot.

His funeral was held on Sunday at the Yarkon Cemetery in Petah Tikva. He was escorted by his family, friends and teachers at the yeshiva.

The family is sitting shiva at 77 Pinsker Street in Petah Tikva and will get up from shiva on Sunday morning.

'בחדרי' גם ברשתות החברתיות - הצטרפו!