The late Staff Sgt. Asil Sawaed, who was murdered on Monday in a terror attack at the Shufat checkpoint, is a relative of a Chabad chassid in Australia, Rami Ben-David, Chareidim10 reported. Ben-David was born as Hasan Sawaed in the village of Wadi Selma in the Galil. He served in the IDF in the paratroopers and was later megayeir. To this day, Rami, who lived for a number of years in Kfar Chabad before moving to Australia, maintains a warm relationship with his Bedouin relatives in the Galil. It should be noted that Asil is the 17th member of the Sawaed tribe to be killed while serving the State. This is what Maor Farid, Rami’s son-in-law, wrote on Tuesday morning [in Hebrew]: “The late Sergeant Asil Sawaed, who was murdered yesterday in the attack, is a relative of mine. “No, it’s not an expression – for real. “My wife Michal’s father was born as Hasan Sawaed in the village of Wadi Selma in the Galil, served in the paratroopers, converted, and over the years became Rami Ben-David – a Chabad Chasid. From then until today, the Sawaed family is flesh of our flesh, family members – in moments of joy and hardship, in brisos and azkaros. “The Sawaed family is a family of heroes. Bedouins from the Galil who serve in the most combative units in the IDF, who sacrifice their lives for this land and the Am living in Tzion with mesiras nefesh. You can see it from the second you enter every house in the village – shelves full of certificates of appreciation and pictures of them in uniform next to books of the Quran. “The late Asil was only a 22-year-old boy at the time of his death. A boy who made the decision to enlist in the Border Police out of pride, mission, love for our homeland and our people. “May your soul be bundled in the bundle of life, my dear brother.” השוטר אסיל סואעד שנפל הערב בפיגוע בשועפאט, הוא החלל ה-17 משבט סואעד!נפילתו היא עוד מחיר דמים שאנו משלמים על ברית החיים שכרתנו עם אחינו היהודים בארץ ישראל.ועוד תזכורת שהטרור לא מבדיל בין אף אחד, כולנו ישראלים, וכולנו נמשיך להילחם כתף אל כתף למען ביטחוננו!יהי זכרך ברוך אסיל. pic.twitter.com/hjLbaHdO8n — Mohammad Kabiya | محمد كعبية (@mohammadkabiya) February 13, 2023 (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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