Sivan Bar Or, whose husband, Major Tzafrir, was killed in Operation Protective Edge, posted a chilling status on Facebook, in which she addressed the rumor phenomenon on WhatsApp, before the knock on the door of 'IDF informants'.
""Regarding the wave of rumors about casualties yesterday on VST," Sivan wrote. "Six months ago I heard a lot of rumors.. I heard that there were casualties for Golani, I heard that there were senior officials killed, eight killed, as of today, there are more and names, names!!!
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""How's Tzafrir?", "Have you spoken to Tzafrir?", "What, haven't you heard from him yet?""
""Tell me, is he inside?""
You all told me that my husband was killed. Long before the knock on the door. You all told me that my husband would not return... before the IDF told me.
And what about the mother who was sent the name of her son who was supposedly killed on WhatsApp, and Ben Shalom. What about her heart?
Six months ago, my husband was killed in Gaza.
Everyone knew before me, everyone knew more than me, they sent me messages. They called to probe, to sniff... to check.
Responsibility, gentlemen, responsibility. Irresponsible people are fanning the flames of a wildfire.
Everyone here is appointed as a representative of the IDF spokesman and, with a loud voice, delivers messages with the names of the wounded and the dead, reports on troop deployments... locations and times.
People, this is not gossip, this is not funny!
""There is a dead SMG in the Golani," they wrote to me in a message. I sat on the floor at home, caressing my belly, inside of which was my son, I looked at my baby daughter playing, and my heart exploded into pieces. From the messages you sent!
It's time to learn what responsibility is, restraint. These messages go to my dear friends whose loved ones are fighting for our common home.
They reach parents whose children breathe road dust and defend our country with their bodies. There are people here, flesh and blood, with a beating heart, trembling hands. And you, with a wave of your hand, feed them rumors. And today, yet another widow, another one-year-old orphan, and another child who will be born without a father.
Today I relive it, and today I relived your rumors. From today, you no longer spread rumors. You take responsibility and stop the crime against caring souls.
"You don't ask interesting questions, do you want to help? Ask if you need help with the kids, or the house, cook something, take care of yourself. We already know how to take care of ourselves. And if something happens, you'll know before we do.".
