Covid, no vax headstone at the cemetery: storm in Israel

“Murdered in the covid ward of Beilinson hospital”, may “God avenge her blood”. The epitaph, written on the grave of the elderly Israeli lady Rachel Reisz, went viral on social media, sparking a storm in Israel. The hospital has threatened a legal appeal, but meanwhile the widower has covered the writing with a marble slab, according to Times of Israel. The deceased, a woman in her seventies, “was not vaccinated and arrived in hospital after being treated at home for a significant period of time. She was hospitalized with a heart attack and pulmonary embolism and died of a severe case of covid – the hospital declared after images of the tomb began to circulate on the web -. The hospital is shocked by the epitaph on the tombstone and is disgusted by the grave words without foundation “. The hospital also sent a letter to the widower to change the tombstone within 72 hours, otherwise threatening legal recourse. But the elder, Shlomo Reish, had already had the epitaph covered. “I didn’t write it, I was against it and I had a fight with my son-in-law when I realized what he wanted to do,” the man said on the radio. When the widower went to the cemetery, 30 days after his death, he saw the writing on the grave and intervened to erase it. However, Shlomo is still not convinced that his wife died of covid and complained that she was not treated well. Meanwhile, the Minister of Health Nitzan Horowitz also spoke on the matter. “I want to give my support to all hospitals. Doctors have prevented the deaths of thousands of people from the coronavirus,” he said, adding that he is committed to fighting fake news and incitement to violence.