The levayas for the four Kedoshim murdered by Islamic terrorists in the Paris kosher supermarket will take place in Eretz Yisrael on Tuesday, 22 Teves. They will be buried in Har HaZeisim.

The four HY”D are:

1. Yohav Hattab

2. Philippe Braham

3. Yohan Cohen

4. Francois-Michel Saada

Yohan Cohen

Yohan, 20, was an employee of the supermarket. According to eyewitness reports, he was killed shortly after the hostage situation began when he grabbed the weapon of a terrorist to save a 3-year-old child that he thought the terrorists were going to shoot.

Phillipe Braham

Phillipe Braham, 39, was married to Valerie and a father of four. He was employed as a computer engineer and insurance agent. He was in the store to shop for Shabbos. He is described as Shomer Shabbos and family friends report his brother-in-law is the rav of a shul in Montrouge. Family members told the media he dreamed of moving to Israel and as such they want his kvura to be in Israel. His 14-year-old son Refael was in Israel when he received the bitter news.

Yoav Hattab

Yoav Hattab, 22, is a well-known member of the local Jewish community. His father is a mora d’asra of a shul and principle of a yeshiva in Tunisia. His father, Rav Batto Hattab, arrived in Paris on motzei Shabbos. Upon his arrival, he told the press in the airport “I took care of many children each day of my life. HKBH should have taken care of my son. We accept Hashem’s difficult gezeira. My son came to Paris to complete his studies. He was planning to move to Israel at the end of the year. On Tuesday I will bury him in Har Menuchos in Yerushalayim. That is the best place he can be. The people who murdered him hate Jews. They hate us in their blood. They will never change”.

Francois-Michel Saada

Francois-Michel Saada, 64, was a father of two. He was employed as a pension fund manager. Both of his children live in Israel. He was in the supermarket buying challos for Shabbos. The store gate was being closed as he arrived. He was unaware the gate closure was in response to the instructions from the terrorists. He asked if he could get in to buy challos. The terrorists obliged his request.

Israeli diplomatic officials are working with French authorities to have the bodies flown to Israel on Monday. Family members report French authorities are being most cooperative.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)