'All of us are fragments which together create a whole'

A Memorial Day event centered on the heroism of Israel’s bereaved families was held on Tuesday evening at the Sultan’s Pool in Jerusalem.

Renana Meir, daughter of Dafna Meir who was murdered by a 15-year-old Palestinian terrorist last January at the entrance to her home in Otniel, while three of her children were at home, spoke at the ceremony and discussed her mother’s courage.

Dafna was able to fight back against the terrorist and, in doing so, saved her children’s lives.

"I have come tonight to speak on behalf of the bereaved families, on behalf of the families who lost loved ones, the light in their lives. I came in the name of the people who are struggling to get up every morning, who are fighting to fill their day with points of light," said Renana Meir at Tuesday’s event.

"Those families for whom darkness took control of their lives, who get up with a black cloud in the morning, go with it to work and go to sleep with it at night. There is no way to describe the pain that fills every minute of every day, the heartbreaking loss which does not let up for even a moment," she continued.

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