Every night there is a news summary of the wounded and dead from both sides of the conflict. Every morning the news opens with a news report of the latest round of violence. So many have died leaving their families behind broken forever. The Jewish mothers have no such comfort when their children are killed and maimed. To them it is just a senseless murder.
Some murders stand out more than others due to their unusual circumstances.
Such is the case with this morning's murder. He had finished his morning prayers at the local synagogue which included the prayer for the dead which he was careful to say three times a day in memory of his father who was murdered by Palestinian snipers only three months earlier. Assaf had taken on the care of his younger brother and sisters after the murder of his father. He is still at a meeting. I do worry.