Eliyahu David Kay Death – Cause of Death – 26 year old Eliyahu David Kay, from South Africa, was killed during an attack by a Hamas gunman in Jerusalem. Reports revealed that Eliyahu was a tour guide in Jerusalem who was shot while on his way to pray. He passed away in Hadassah Hospital. The shooting happened during an attack by the Palestinian Islamist movement, Hamas, in Jerusalem’s Old City.
The gunman who was later shot and killed by authorities also wounded three other people. The 3 people who were wounded in the attack by the Hamas militant, were taken to the hospital and are safe. News outlets revealed that Kay was an immigrant from South Africa who was employed as a guide at the Western Wall plaza. The immigration ministry said he had gone to Israel in 2019.
Reports have revealed that Kay had volunteered in Kibbutz Nirim in southern Israel for a year before he become a tour guide. He served in the Israel Defense Forces as a lone soldier in the Paratroopers Brigade, until August 2019. He will be missed by his parents, Avi and Devora Kay, his fiancé and his family and friends in Israel and South Africa.