A graffiti address for the release of the kidnapped was covered in light rail advertisements April 17, 2024/Yuval Daniel
An advertisement for the purple line of the light rail covered graffiti this morning (Wednesday) in memory of those murdered on October 7 and the Iron Swords War and the return of the kidnapped in Tel Aviv. Without warning, families discovered that the commemoration of the names of their loved ones and the calls for the return of the captives disappeared under the new signs in the area of Derech Namir and Arlozorov.
"How sad that the light rail in Tel Aviv is advertised at the expense of the graffiti commemorating my son," Farah, the mother of Lance Corporal (ret.) Nitzan Shasler, who was killed in battle in the southern Gaza Strip, wrote on Facebook. The original inscriptions were sprayed by Hapoel Tel Aviv fans in memory of murdered people who supported the team. "Nitzan was an avid fan of Hapoel Tel Aviv. Where is the sensitivity? It hurts me and my sons and daughters that this was done."
"How is it possible to do something like this? It's not nice, insulting, hurtful. I want to correct the terrible injustice that was done here. And as soon as possible," Farah demanded. "Shame and disgrace. You don't trample on the memory of a soldier who fell in the Iron Swords War like this. A paratrooper who is red in his soul from Mitzvot 4, Company A, Battalion 71, Uzbet Hod Ha'an'at 55. Who decides to do this? We don't turn to the family of the fallen? That's how we should find out In complete surprise?".
Yair, the brother of Yonatan Samarno who was murdered and kidnapped from the Nova festival, agreed with her words. "Greed, everything in this country is money. If it was your son, Huldai, you would make a monument in the city square," Bastori accused on Instagram when he saw the photos from the scene, and feared that the inscription commemorating his brother had also been hidden. Liam Or Naser shared the story, after an inscription congratulating him on his release from captivity was also hidden. The Tel Aviv Municipality replied that not they, but the NTA company, are responsible for the advertisements on the walls of the work site on the light rail.
"NATA, like all of Israel, is in pain and sympathizes with the loss of the bereaved families and the pain of the families of those kidnapped on October 7, and acted very sensitively with all the inscriptions and pictures that were placed on its various facilities throughout Gush Dan," the company said, believing in the light rail plans and their implementation "The purple line concessionaire is currently renewing and rebranding the site fences at the Arlozorov station, during which it covered the aforementioned address. The matter is now being examined in order not to harm the memory of Nitzan Shasler and his family."