The last goodbye to Iona Karousiwho died in Tel Aviv last Tuesday, during a terrorist attack, his relatives and friends will say today, Saturday in Greece and Israel.

Specifically, at 12:00 pm, at the Greek Orthodox cemetery in Gate of the Prophet David or Gate of Zion, the 26-year-old man’s funeral will be held in the old city of Jerusalem.

Also at 12:30 p.m. a memorial service will also be held at the Holy Church of God’s Wisdom in Thessaloniki, as his girlfriend, Margarita, mentions in a story she published on social media.

Speaking to SKAI and the show “Good morning” with the Faye Mavragani the uncle of the deceased Jonah, Giorgos Karousis spoke of the fact that they presented Ionas Karousis as a member of the Israeli army as a shameless lie.

“Yesterday there was an attempt with a shameless lie and a despicable announcement from an alleged Palestinian parish in Greece, where they presented Ionas not as an innocent victim but as a member of the Israeli army. It’s a terrible lie. They are trying to demonstrate that this unacceptable act of terrorism is justified. They presented him as a mercenary, who went down from Greece to Israel to serve the Israeli army, while he was born, grew up, went to school there and by law, compulsorily, went to the army there,” he said.

“If the Palestinian community in Greece approves and incites terrorist acts, the Greek Justice should intervene. He was a friend of peace. When he joined the army he asked not to join a combat unit and in the last two enlistments he asked not to be taken. This shows the ethos of the family and of itself,” he added.