TIMES OF ISRAEL
‘You believed in coexistence’: Lod Jewish man killed by Arab mob laid to rest
by Staff
May 18, 2021

Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral Tuesday afternoon of a resident of Lod who died Monday, six days after being critically wounded when Arab rioters hurled rocks at him during unrest in the central Israeli city. Yigal Yehoshua, 56, was hit in the head with a brick when his car was pelted with rocks while on his way home last week as violent protests swept Lod. He was laid to rest in a cemetery in his family’s community of Moshav Hadid. Yehoshua was rushed to hospital in serious condition following the attack, but his condition deteriorated and he succumbed to his wounds. READ MORE