{"id":4830,"date":"2024-10-11T11:55:52","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T11:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/foreverinourhearts\/?p=4830"},"modified":"2024-10-11T12:01:46","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T12:01:46","slug":"a-life-remembered-bereaved-mother-remembers-ron-shemer-killed-by-hamas-on-october-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/foreverinourhearts\/2024\/10\/a-life-remembered-bereaved-mother-remembers-ron-shemer-killed-by-hamas-on-october-7.html","title":{"rendered":"A Life Remembered: Bereaved Mother Remembers Ron Shemer, Killed by Hamas on October 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4842\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4842\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/399\/2024\/10\/ron-shemer_credit-ron.4life-instagram.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4842\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/399\/2024\/10\/ron-shemer_credit-ron.4life-instagram.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4842\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">@ron.4life \/ Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sigalit Shemer continues to grieve for her son, Ron Shemer, who was murdered on October 7 by Hamas terrorists last year during the deadly Nova Music Festival attack. Ron was a 23-year-old resident of Lod in Israel, attending the festival with a group of childhood friends when shots rang out in the early morning. Some of his friends managed to get into a car and escape, but Ron decided to leave the car to find two of his friends, Dan and Omer. After finding them, the three of them hid in a bus shelter near the festival. After hearing about the attack, Sigalit frantically tried to reach Ron. When he finally did call, his last words to his mother were assurance. \u201cHe said, \u2018Don\u2019t be afraid. My battery is low but I\u2019m going to come home. Don\u2019t be afraid,\u201d Sigalit told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/mother-mourns-son-killed-by-hamas-at-nova-music-festival.html\"><em>The Christian Post<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Piecing together information from survivors of the attack, Hamas terrorists began throwing grenades into the shelter where Ron and his friends were hiding. Omer, who survived the attack, stated Ron told them to get behind him for protection. Both Dan and Omer were hurt, with Dan eventually dying from his wounds. Ron then fought with terrorists who entered the shelter, forcing them out. Omer later told Sigalit he believed Ron\u2019s actions saved his life. Ron was shot in the head outside the shelter. Days would pass before his parents would receive the news that he had been killed during the attacks, not taken as a hostage as originally believed. His funeral was October 13.<\/p>\n<p>Sigalit\u2019s grief caused her to leave her work as an event producer. She now cares for dogs two days a week, something her son enjoyed doing. \u201cI want people to know that my son and all of the murdered boys and girls on the 7th of October are lost for the world. Many people in Israel lost their sons and daughters for nothing. Just for nothing,\u201d she told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/there-no-life-after-oct-7-israeli-mother-grapples-grief-one-year-after-hamas-devastating-attack\"><em>Fox News<\/em><\/a>. Her grief goes deep. \u201cAfter his death, I didn\u2019t work for like 10 months. I couldn\u2019t get out of bed or the house. There\u2019s no life. I\u2019m feeling like I\u2019m not a wife, not a mother, not anything,\u201d she told <em>CP<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Sigalit and her husband, Oren, receive support from OneFamily, a group that helps families impacted by terror. Sigalit is able to share her experiences with other mothers of murdered children. Slowly, it\u2019s helping her to live again. \u201cIt takes a lot of courage and strength to smile again for the first time or to take a little bit of joy to say, let&#8217;s go out to dinner tonight,\u201d said Sigalit. \u201cSometimes, the guilt and the grief and bereavement is too strong, and people can&#8217;t do that. So, OneFamily, really with open arms and a lot of love, does everything they can to get them to want to come back to life again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sigalit Shemer continues to grieve for her son, Ron Shemer, who was murdered on October 7 by Hamas terrorists last year during the deadly Nova Music Festival attack. Ron was a 23-year-old resident of Lod in Israel, attending the festival with a group of childhood friends when shots rang out in the early morning. 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